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 
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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
MEGS: Modelling energy and grid services to explore decarbonisation of power systems at lowest total system cost
Decarbonised Electricity – The Lowest Cost Path to Net Zero Emissions
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
Modelled the decarbonisation of the Australian NEM
Royal Society of Chemistry
Contributed to landmark paper on 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.
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