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.

Associated Websites.

WEBLINKS.

modelling.energy: A tool to ‘have a go’ at building your own electricity system for the UK or Australia, some results of MEGS modelling and also a repository of all of Andy’s publications since being at Red Vector.  See also  and
Heuristic Games: Details on the business games offered by Red Vector in association with other consultancies.
powerfactbook.com: Power Generation Facts: Everything you want to know about power generation.  Subscription service run by Gamma Energy Technologies, as associate of Red Vector.
Linked In: Andy’s homepage
Linked In: Red Vector homepage

Projects.

RECENT WORK.

2023

LETA

Low Emission Technology Australia

Energy modelling website development

Department for Transport

Transport Planner workshop

Power Trader delivered to these organisations

National Grid

University of Edinburgh

City, University of London

University of Birmingham

Blue Light Commercial

Sustainability workshop

Energy Systems Catapult

Energy modelling consultancy

IEA – GHG

Model of Australian NEM & Japanese electricity system

2022

Energy Systems Catapult

3 projects supporting development of the Storage and Flexibility Model

FCDO

Online Power Trader game for European embassies

Minerals Council Australia

Analysis of manifestos of major parties before election

Power Trader delivered to the following universities

Edinburgh

Birmingham

Energy Research Accelerator

2021

Power Trader delivered to the following universities

Hull

Edinburgh

Birmingham

Nottingham

Cardiff University

Gaining Impact for R&D – Online Workshop

National Grid

Online Power Trader game for Group Strategy, Fundamentals and Internal Consulting teams

ANLEC R&D

Total Systems Cost: A Better Metric for Valuing Electricity in Supply Network Planning and Decision-Making

Download Full Report

MEGS: Modelling energy and grid services to explore decarbonisation of power systems at lowest total system cost

Download Full Report

Decarbonised Electricity – The Lowest Cost Path to Net Zero Emissions

Download Full Report

2020

Uniper

Online game (Power Trader) for 30 people from the Operational Excellence Team

University of Edinburgh

Power Trader – Business Game

ANLEC R&D

The Impact of NEM Constraints on the System Cost to decarbonise the grid – Download Full Report

What happens when we add big infrastructure to the NEM? – Download Full Report

Snowy 2.0 and Beyond – The value of large-scale storage – Download Full Report

Previous Work

Power Trader delivered to these organisations

University of Birmingham

Energy Research Accelerator

Loughborough University

University of Nottingham

Energy Systems Catapult

Support for Stakeholder Management in conjunction with Cultivate Innovation Ltd.

Banks Renewables

Analysis and economic modelling of grid services

COAL INNOVATION – NEW SOUTH WALES

ANLEC R&D

Royal Society of Chemistry

Contributed to landmark paper on Carbon capture and storage (CCS): The way forward’

 

Carbon capture and storage (CCS): The way forward

BEIS (Formally DECC)

Worked with E.ON UK to deliver business game simulating capacity market.

2015

CAG Consultants

Peer review of assessment of UK’s Capacity Market Transitional Arrangements.

2016 – 2017

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.

Services.

CUSTOMISED FOR YOUR NEEDS.

Sharing Electricity Industry Experience
International Market Modelling
MEGS
Where Engineering Meets Economics
Technology Assessment
Whole Systems
Business Games

Associates.

GAMMA ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.

Gamma Energy TechnologyDr 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

Contact.

LET’S TALK.

If you’d like to get in touch about starting a project, or you’re interested in my previous work, please get in touch. You can email me at.
andy dot boston at redvector dot co dot uk