About.
ANDY BOSTON.
Andy Boston provides energy consulting services through Red Vector Ltd. Andy has more than 35 years experience in the energy industry starting with the nationalised CEGB, through privatisation firstly with PowerGen and thence E.ON, and finally with the Energy Research Partnership.
His skills include organising business games, modelling energy markets, developing decarbonisation scenarios and understanding issues around the integration of renewables on to the grid.
Projects.
RECENT WORK.
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh 2020
Power Trader – Business Game
Energy Systems Catapult
Energy Systems Catapult 2019
Support for Stakeholder Management in conjunction with Cultivate Innovation Ltd.
Coal Innovation - NSW
Coal Innovation - New South Wales 2018
Modelling Decarbonisation of NSW Electricity alongside Gamma Energy
Banks Renewables
Banks Renewables 2018-19
Analysis and economic modelling of grid services
University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham 2019 & 2020
Power Trader – Business Game for Global Energy Technologies & Systems MSc Course
Energy Research Accelerator
Energy Research Accelerator 2018
Power Trader and Impact! Games
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Contributed to landmark paper on Carbon capture and storage (CCS): The way forward
Loughborough University
Loughborough University 2017-2018
Power Trader – Business game delivered to Industrial Case Studies module
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham 2013-2018
Power Trader – Business game delivered to Industrial Case Studies module held jointly with Loughborough University
Lecturing on the energy system – For MSc students at School of Mathematical Sciences and to the Centre for Doctoral Training in CCS and Cleaner Fossil Energy
BEIS (formally DECC)
BEIS (formally DECC) 2015
Worked with E.ON UK to deliver business game simulating capacity market.
CAG Consultants
CAG Consultants 2016-2017
Peer review of assessment of UK’s Capacity Market Transitional Arrangements.
Career History.
CEGB (1985-1989).
CEGB (1985-1989): Central Electricity Research Laboratories, Leatherhead.
Work areas: thermodynamics, steam turbine efficiency, computational fluid dynamics.
PowerGen (1989-2002): Technology Centre.
PowerGen (1989-2002): Technology Centre, Ratcliffe. Including secondments to Market Strategy in HQ and the Efficiency Department at Ratcliffe Power Station.
Work Areas: Wind power development, reliability modelling, scheduling and optimisation, UK market modelling (GB Pool, Loss Of Load Probability, New Electricity Trading Arrangements, Gas, Oil) international power markets (US, Asia, EU), business games.
Team Leader – Mathematical Modelling (1998-2003).
E.ON (2002-2013) Technology Centre.
Work areas: Techno-economics (wind, tidal, storage, district heating, CHP, CCS), market modelling, (British Electricity Trading Transmission Arrangement, Emissions Trading Scheme, Renewable Obligation Certificates, Energy Service Companies COmpanies ), whole systems (MARKAL, ESME models) Trading games (strategic, tactical, & training of markets and auctions – electronic & paper for up to 150 people”) .
Team Leader – Business Modelling (2002-2010), Technical Head – Modelling (2010-2013)
Energy Research Partnership (2013-2017): Imperial College.
Work areas: co-ordinating projects for members, special interest in Electricity system flexibility and international engagement.
Head of Analysis Team, reporting to Chief Scientific Advisor of BEIS/DECC. Responsible for day to day operation of ERP and maintaining contact with senior representatives from its 30 membership organisations.
Associates.
GAMMA ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.
Dr Geoff Bongers has more than 13 years experience in working with Global Mining, Aluminium and Energy companies…
CULTIVATE INNOVATION Ltd.
Mike set up Cultivate in 2017 to provide on-going support for organisations and individuals in industry, academia and the public sector who are delivering innovative, low carbon energy solutions…
Dr Mike Colechin – Director, Cultivate Innovation Ltd