resources Test beds & demonstrators

Facilitated demonstration sites for new cleantech innovation trials and existing cleantech pilots in London

  • Ambient Noise

    Noisetrap – West London Power station

    Noisetrap panels, designed by Sonobex Ltd and manufactured and installed by Merford Noise Control, in a trial by UK Power Networks at a substation in Bayswater. The panels absorb and cancel low frequency noise, whilst allowing natural airflow to cool the electrical equipment inside the building.

    London
  • All

    Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

    Launched in April 2015, OPDC is the Local Planning Authority and regeneration agency for the 650 hectare site in west London. Home to HS2 and a key opportunity areas in London for demonstrating and deploying cleantech innovations in situ.

    OPDC, 7-11 Minerva Rd, Park Royal, London
    London
  • Clean energy

    Olympic Park Energy Centre

    The Olympic Park is powered by two cutting-edge energy centres – one in King’s Yard on the west of the Park, and one near Westfield Stratford City forming a decentralised energy network of heating, cooling and power. This is the largest decentralised energy scheme to be built in the UK and makes a key contribution to the Park meeting its zero carbon ambitions.

    Kings Yard, 5 Clarnico Lane, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park,
    London
  • Clean energy

    Peer-to-peer energy trading

    A peer-to-peer electricity trading trial underway in Brixton, south London, in which households buy their energy from local sources such as neighbours or local businesses. Run by EDF Energy, University College London and Repowering London.

    Elmore HouseBrixton, London
    London
  • Energy efficient buildings

    Sharing Cities

    Horizon 2020 funded programme trialling a range of technologies in LB of Greenwich including energy management systems in social housing blocks, energy-saving lighting and controls, and sensors and digital connectivity in lamp posts.

    Digital Greenwich, 6 Mitre Passage, Greenwich Peninsula, London
    London
  • Clean energy

    Smart Bench Network London

    Strawberry Energy led network of smart benches in the a variety of London locations to allow people to charge phones, use free Wi-Fi, and track levels of air pollution, all powered by a solar panel.

    Elscot House, Arcadia Avenue, London, United Kingdom, N3 2JU
    London