The official launch of the Cross-sector Battery Systems Innovation Network took place on 28th September 2020. This Network will be an open and collaborative cross-sectoral community for researchers and innovators in battery manufacturing; the related supply chain; and end-users. Tony Harper, Faraday Battery Challenge Director, delivered the opening remarks, who emphasised on the significant role that batteries can play to support Net Zero, potentially leading to decarbonising a wide range of sectors beyond automotive. This was followed by case studies on the benefits of batteries for rail, aerospace and defence. There was a clear need to develop a community and extend the network to share knowledge around the challenges and opportunities associated with batteries for a broad range of sectors such as aerospace, rail, maritime, stationary storage and other niche applications. To learn more about upcoming activities, visit our page: https://ktn-uk.org/energy/batteries/

1. Cross-Sector Battery
Systems Innovation
Network, Launch event
Nikoleta Piperidou, KTN
28.09.20

2. Connecting for Positive Change
KTN connects ideas, people and
communities to drive innovation that
changes lives.

3. Practical Aspects
• All participants will be muted throughout the webinar
• Please use the ‘Q&A’ box for submitting questions
• Please use the ‘Chat’ box for networking
• For any technical issues, please contact Poonam Phull
• The webinar will be recorded, and you will be sent the link,
along with other information, shortly after the webinar

4. Important Information
• Use Meeting Mojo, our networking tool, to schedule 1:1
meetings
• Faraday Battery Challenge Round 4 Competition,
1.30pm today

5. Agenda
09.30 Welcome, Nikoleta Piperidou, KTN
09.35 Introductions from the CSBS Innovation Network Chairs, Kevin Brundish, AMTE Power &
Nick Carpenter, Delta Motorsports
09.45 Net Zero agenda and the role for batteries, Tony Harper, Faraday Battery Challenge
09.55 Setting cross-sectoral targets for batteries, Anna Wise, Innovate UK & Martin Dowson,
WMG
10.25 Q&A
10.35 Coffee Break
10.45 Case Study 1: Batteries for Rail, David Dempsey, Angel Trains
11.00 Case Study 2: Batteries for Aerospace, Mark Scully, ATI
11.15 Case Study 3: Batteries for Defence, James Gavin, UKDSC
11.25 Next steps for the CSBS Innovation Network – how to get involved, Sheena Hindocha,
KTN
11.35 Q&A
12.00 Close

6. Timeline
Convened by KTN as a
semi formal group
2018
Innovation Network
with Faraday Battery
Challenge support
2020/21
Self-funded, industry
led community
beyond 2021
• Clear need to develop a community to share knowledge around the challenges and opportunities
associated with batteries for a broad range of sectors such as aerospace, rail, maritime,
stationary storage and other niche applications.
• Funding received in April 2020 through KTN and the Faraday Battery Challenge to extend the
reach and activities of the group by forming an Innovation Network.
• KTN’s Innovation Networks programme (formerly known as Special Interest Groups or SIGs) is a
diverse mix of projects that accelerate innovation in cross-disciplinary topics of strategic
importance.
• The Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network was set up to run for 18 months

7. Cross-sector Battery Systems (CSBS) Group – Founding members

8. CSBS Innovation Network - Mission
To create an open and collaborative cross-sectoral community for researchers and innovators
in battery manufacturing (including next generation batteries), the related supply chain and end-
users. The community, which will be served by a dedicated online space, will help to:
• open new markets for the battery industry, by introducing this community to new sectors,
thus support the growth of UK economy
• promote innovation in batteries by identifying technical gaps for their introduction to
various sectors
• help decarbonise a wide range of end-users from rail, maritime, aviation, construction etc.
by enabling the adoption of batteries, thus support the Net Zero agenda.

9. The Project Team
Nikoleta Piperidou
Energy & Infrastructure
Sheena Hindocha
Materials Chemistry
Simon Buckley
Low Emission Mobility
Matthew Moss
Maritime
Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain
Rail
Hannah Abson
Aviation
Steffan Eldred
Energy & Infrastructure
Project Leads Sector specialists
Peter Clark
Raw Materials

10. CSBS Innovation Network Chairs
Kevin Brundish, CEO, AMTE Power /
Co-Chair CSBS Innovation Network
Nick Carpenter, Engineering Director, Delta
Motorsports / Co-Chair CSBS Innovation
Network

11. Introducing AMTE Power
Locations:
• London
• Oxford
• Thurso
History:
• Founded in April 2013 by Kevin Brundish, Steve Farmer
and Ian Whiting
• Acquired AGM Batteries, a production scale
manufacturing facility in Thurso, Scotland
• “AGM was a key participant in the early
commercialisation of li-ion.”
Vision:
• to be a leader in innovative battery cell solutions
Mission:
• Our mission; to bring differentiated battery cell products
to market and be the partner of choice for clients not
served by the existing supply chain

12. AMTE Power Manufacturing Facility
• Full Cycle Cell Production Facility in
Thurso
• Highly flexible sub 100MWh/annum
• Initially designed to product millions of
cells per annum (cylindrical)
• The facility can accommodate a range
of chemistries
• Upgraded to include pouch cell format
alongside cylindrical cells format
• Rechargeable (secondary) and non-
rechargeable (primary) cells

13. AMTE Power Products
Highly innovative products tailored to meet your market needs
Launching from 2021

14. AMTE Power Focus Markets
Products developed with market partners to ensure they meet
demand requirements

15. Scaling our Production Capacity

16. The Cross-Sector Battery Systems Network aims to:
• Foster & develop the UK supply chain for battery systems beyond the
automotive sector
• Identify cross-sector common user needs for battery systems
• Make it easier for UK battery systems users to find UK supply chain partners
• Enable better battery related UK networking and collaboration
• Provide a consolidated voice for an emerging supply chain
What do we want to achieve?

17. • Engineer and supply battery systems into a range of
applications, automotive and cross-sector
• Focus (in-house) on low-volume / high-value product
• Build reliable supply chain (eg cell suppliers, BMS,
electrical distribution system parts) to enable this
• Build partnerships for volume scale-up
• Cross-sector
• Learn & communicate application-specific requirements
at pack level (eg aero standards)
• Improve supply chain / network
• Communicate with Government and FI / FBC regarding
holes in UK supply chain
Delta Motorsport : Vision

18. • Formed in 2005 as a motorsport consultancy, but with
non-automotive project engineering experience too
• Now grown to 50 staff across 3 industrial units in
Silverstone (totalling around 17,000sq.ft)
• Developed battery systems & vehicle integration
experience over last 10 years (hybrid and battery
electric vehicles)
• Early Microcab H2 fuel cell vehicles, then engineered
and built 5 all-new road-registered electric passenger
cars in 2010-11
• Wide range of automotive projects over past 10 years
• Capability now growing into range of non-automotive
applications
Delta Motorsport : Background

19. • Engineering for range of volumes, applications and
requirements
• Pilot line for cell => module => pack
• Very flexible (18650 or 21700, range of P/S
arrangements)
• High thermal management capability (liquid cooled)
• 2C peak to 20C peak discharge
• Low volume build of pouch cell modules
• 10C peak to >100C peak discharge
• High thermal management capability (liquid cooled)
• Growing cell and module test capability
• Cell cycling capability, particularly for down-selection
and thermal management development
• Module test up to 100kW at up to 120V
Delta Motorsport : Capability

20. Why are we here today?

21. Some of the supply chain challenges across sectors as identified by CSBS
Fragmentation across the wide range of
sectors:
• Scale of battery systems (few hundred
Wh to hundreds of kWh)
• Volume & timing unclear
• Technical requirements different (&
unclear)
• Market pull (legislative push) inconsistent
& difficult to gather

22. Net Zero agenda and the
role for batteries
Tony Harper, Challenge Director, Faraday
Battery Challenge

23. Cross Sector Batteries: Targets and Priorities
Martin Dowson
Battery Systems Research Manager
WMG, University of Warwick & APC Energy Storage Spoke
Dr Anna Wise
Head of Battery Technology
Innovate UK
28th September 2020

24. Background
2017 – Electrical Energy Storage roadmaps for automotive applications
• Advanced Propulsion Centre & Automotive Council
• Targets developed for 8
performance areas – focus on
volume automotive
• Used as a guide for the
direction of travel

25. Industry technical targets to enable mass adoption of EVs
Energy
Density
Power Density Safety
1st Life Temperature Predictability Recyclability
Cost
2035:
Full predictive
models for performance
and ageing of battery
2035:
Eliminate thermal runaway
at pack level to
reduce pack complexity
Targets from the 2017 Automotive Council Electrical Energy Storage Roadmap: www.apcuk.co.uk/technology-roadmaps/

26. Background
• Faraday Battery Challenge – automotive focus to date
• Cross Sector Battery Systems group established to understand performance requirements and market
opportunity for other sectors
• Where are there performance requirement overlaps?
• Where are priority areas for research?
Aim is to develop a set of revised targets that promotes the appropriate research to enable successful
future exploitation of batteries in cross sector applications

27. Approach
• Redefining the baseline of the current battery state of the art across a variety of applications.
• Understanding requirements from a range of future cross sector applications.
• Defining the key strategic drivers for each major sector in order to prioritise which attributes require
primary focus within each application.
• Develop a balanced set of battery targets for each subsector with an appropriate level of stretch.
• Develop a simplified high level target summary to enable effective communication.
• Feed targets into APC workstream updating battery technology route maps.

28. Cross sector journey
• Evolution of thinking
• Definition and precision of the 8 targets
• Application to other sectors
• Detailed analysis of targets for several sectors
• Level of complexity is huge – sub sectors within sectors
• Clusters of applications defined by performance characteristics
• Identification of the key performance drivers – what makes electrification of a sector viable? What
are the priority areas?
• Capture variation between requirements of different sub sectors within a cluster
• Time dimension to highlight areas of potential focus

29. Cross sector journey
• Inviting feedback and discussion of the findings to date
• Seeking views from across multiple sectors
• Looking for agreement on clusters and priorities
• Are numbers in the right region? The aim of numbers is to show direction of travel and relative
scale of the priorities
• Have we got the right balance of attributes and therefore gap analysis?
• With a view to:
• Use the detail and the clusters to identify key technology challenges
• Where are the UK business opportunities?
Are there key challenges we would want to focus activity around?

34. Relative priority defined for each attribute for the different subsectors
within a cluster.
This is to help shape the attribute trades, there is limited benefit in
overachieving in a lower priority attribute if you haven’t achieved the
higher priorities

36. Cross sector journey – next steps
• Engagement:
• Join Cross Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network!
• Provide feedback on the cross sector targets – any concerns/issues/gaps?
• Auto and Aero – linking to APC and ATI roadmap releases
• Looking to establish equivalent links with other sectors through the cross sector group
• Discussion document – pdf to be shared with Cross Sector Innovation Network members
• Feedback will be incorporated and aiming to present updated at LCV2020
• Development of an interactive online platform to continue the evolution of the targets with the Cross
Sector Innovation Network

37. Q & A

38. Coffee Break

39. Rail People
Real Expertise
Hybrid
Batteries for Rail
David Dempsey, Systems Engineer, Angel Trains

40. Rail People
Real Expertise
40
Formed in 1994
Inherited fleets from British Rail
Privately owned
£2.3 Billion investment in new build
(increasing to £3.5 Billion)
£1.2 Billion investment in
refurbishment / enhancements
Angel Trains

41. Rail People
Real Expertise
41
Solely focused on the UK passenger
market
Owns 5,053 vehicles - a 31%
market share
Average age of fleet: 24 years ~ with
the average age forecast to reduce
to <17 years with introduction of new
trains
129 FTE employees of which circa
41% are engineers
Angel Trains
Electric
Multiple
Units
§ 2,848 EMU vehicles
§ Average age: 21.0 years
Diesel
Multiple
Units
§ 1,068 DMU vehicles
§ Average age: 28.0 years
High
Speed
Trains
§ 1,137 HST vehicles
§ Average age: 27.5 years

42. Rail People
Real Expertise
42
Roadmap to Decarbonisation
Government
expectation
to end
Diesel only
Trains by
2040

43. Rail People
Real Expertise
43
CO2 Emissions from Rail Traction
Source: RSSB Research Project T1145 “Options for Traction Energy in Rail: Options Evaluation”

44. Rail People
Real Expertise
44
DEEE from Rail Traction
Source: MTU
Source: DEFRA
New Street Station

45. Rail People
Real Expertise
45
§ 30,764 km of rail track (Network Rail 2012 figures)
o Approximately 40% (12,000km) electrified
o Approximately 60% (18,500km) not electrified
§ Costs for electrification are reported at £2m per mile on GWR
§ In July 2017, the Secretary of State, announced the cancellation of
electrification schemes, i.e.
o between Cardiff and Swansea;
o between Windermere and Oxenholme;
o Between Selby and Hull.
Why do we use Diesel?
* Source: T1145 Decarbonisation Taskforce

46. Rail People
Real Expertise
46
Constraints?
Energy Time Requirements when starting from standstill at full
performance (Source: RSSB T779)
Constraints (Class 165)
• Diesel Tank size = 1154
litres
• Diesel Tank Range =
approx. 1500 miles
• Refuel = 3 days
Operational Constraint

47. Rail People
Real Expertise
47
Where could Batteries work? (1)
Network not
electrified
ECML
Network
electrified

48. Rail People
Real Expertise
48
Where could Batteries work? (2)
Marylebone Station

49. Rail People
Real Expertise
49
§ Concept born out of a re-power project
§ Supplier offerings – big diesel engines
§ Hybrid drive presented opportunities:
• Step-change in environmental performance
• Benefits in operating cost to customers
• Replacement of problematic components
• Offers the range required
§ Technology transfer from other industries
Case Study – Self-Charging Hybrid Class 165

50. Rail People
Real Expertise
50
Scope
transmission
hydrostatics
engine
remove redundant equipment …

51. Rail People
Real Expertise
51
Scope
controls and RCM
traction motor
batteries
engines and generators
new equipment to be fitted …

52. Rail People
Real Expertise
52
Modes of Operation
engine and battery mode …

53. Rail People
Real Expertise
53
Modes of Operation
battery only mode …

54. Rail People
Real Expertise
54
Modes of Operation
regenerative braking mode …

55. Rail People
Real Expertise
55
On Works

56. Rail People
Real Expertise
56
§ Calculated through route profiling;
§ Capacity:180kWh;
§ Chemistry: NMC;
§ Range: 15 miles (battery alone);
§ Time: up to 30mins (battery alone);
Battery

57. Rail People
Real Expertise
57
Benefits of Battery only mode!
2021 ULEZ
M25 Corridor
Source: GoogleMaps

58. Rail People
Real Expertise
58
§ Environmental benefits
§ Passenger benefits
§ Operational benefits
§ Performance benefits
§ Reliability benefits
§ Upgrade path
Benefits of Hybridisation
B/H

59. Rail People
Real Expertise
59
§ Hybridisation - stepping stone towards a lower-carbon future
• Immediate environmental benefit;
• No infrastructure requirement;
• Modular approach for future upgrade potential;
• Don’t lose the embodied carbon through early replacement.
§ Benefits to both Passengers and Operators
Conclusions

60. Rail People
Real Expertise
60
Thank you
Questions?

61. Aerospace batteries
Mark Scully, Head of Technology,
Advanced Systems & Propulsion
KTN Cross Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network
28th September 2020

62. Securing global
position in
growing market
£GVA
Capturing high
value content
Securing and
growing high
value skills
Technologies for a
competitive
aerospace
Technologies for a
greener
aerospace
Who are the ATI?
• Our mission: To lead technology in air transport
• Established in 2014 – independent backed by Government and industry
• Provides leadership for the UK’s aerospace technology community
• Defines the national aerospace technology strategy
• Leads development of an R&T portfolio worth £3.9bn to 2026
• Seeks new ways to stimulate technological innovation and create UK
advantage

63. UK Aerospace Technology Strategy
63
Air Transport Vision
November 2019 SUSTAINABILITY MOBILITY COMPETITIVENESS

64. H2?

65. Alternative energy sources
Drop in Sustainable
Alternative fuels (SAF)
Biomass to
Liquid (BTL)
Power to
Liquid (PTL)
Liquid H2
(LH2)
Batteries
H2 Gas
(H2G)
All Ranges
GT or GT-Hybrid
V Short Ranges
Battery Only
Short & Regional Ranges
GT, GT-Hybrid or FC-Hybrid
Volumetricenergy
density(kWh/l)
Gravimetric energy
density (kWh/kg)
~12 ~33
(liquid)
~0.3
~2.4
(liquid)
~0.8
~10.4

66. Battery technology for aerospace
66
• An ATI working group have been
developing an updated technology
roadmap for aerospace batteries for:
• Battery cells
• Battery modules & packs
• Battery sustainability & economy
• Engagement with APC planned to
align relevant areas
• Roadmap will be published on the ATI
website when completed Draft roadmap – in development
(deliberately blurred)

67. High Reliability Battery Development Centre
• ATI consultation with the sector has identified
the need for a national facility for testing and
integration of aerospace battery systems.
• Plan to develop a national capability, comprising
of state-of-the-art skills and facilities for
aerospace battery development and certification,
from material characterisation through to full
pack approval.
• TWI/WMG currently developing a consortium
proposal targeting funding from the ATI
Programme.

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Defence & British Army Battery needs
• The British Army, Future Force Development team, has identified the need for a Battlefield Electrification Strategy, and;
• Investment in innovative solutions to challenges and opportunities in the Defence Domain. This includes;
• Ruggedized Batteries, which need to address:
• Deployability into Harsh environments (hot, cold, wet & dirty, impact, vibrations, etc)
• More Survivable (from kinetic damage and fire)
• More reliable (reducing logistics burden, longer longevity, less failure rate)
• Better Batteries to meet emerging needs for:
• Emerging use-cases, such as future Hybrid and Electrical land vehicles, Energy storage over deployed generation, and other Defence systems.
• Standardisation, and inter-operability
• Lighter and smaller, particularly for dismounted soldiers or Air systems.
• More energy density to allow longer use, higher voltages and also batteries which can meet the need for surges of energy.
• Legacy systems, such as replacing older vehicle batteries, with more modern better solutions.
• Note: If possible any solutions should also be viable in cross-sector markets (e.g. mining, construction, agriculture)
• In support of bids into the Faraday competition, the Army have approved the following statement on future possible exploitation:
Brigadier Matt Cansdale:
“The British Army Future Force Development team fully supports the Faraday competition including ‘Defence’ as in scope for potential
outcomes, in the context of the British Army's future possible needs for innovation on Battery technology. The intent, against a wider
emerging Operational Capability Electrification Roadmap, is to plan for further development stages of capability relevant to Army needs,
building on potential baseline work, in order to further develop and explore capability towards exploitation”. This competition and any future
development or exploitation will be subject to contract.
“Operational Advantage through Battlefield Electrification: Fight Better, Further, with less logistics tail.”

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Things to consider in the context of Defence
• Defence has a strong and emerging need for ruggedized and better batteries
• There is a clear need for innovation in this sector, and further;
• Investment and exploitation of innovative solutions in the Defence Domain is likely.
• Technical requirements are broadly similar to Faraday targets….the differences may be in the acceptable compromises….
• Everyone wants a battery which is lightweight, cheap, safe, high cycle life, green (etc!)
• In reality solutions have to trade parameters and make compromises
• Compromises will vary for different Defence applications but may include:
• Acceptance of lower cycle life for high energy content (at one extreme Defence still uses primary batteries)
• Acceptance of higher cost for better performance
• Weight more critical than volume for aerial systems
• Volume more critical than weight for underwater systems
• Extreme safety in some cases, may trade an element of safety in others
• Exploitation
• Defence (MOD and Industry users) may be able to exploit products before they meet all the needs of mainstream markets
• Technologies that are not viable (or not ‘yet’ viable: early adoption) for other markets
• Could be a stepping stone to wider opportunities
• Export Market is strong: NATO and international Defence interest in better energy sources
• Finally: The ‘Cross-Sector Battery Systems Innovation Network’ is a good platform to discover more on Defence context
The following was produced in consultation with DSTL and Industry users of Battery solutions (e.g. OEMs, Primes):

71. Next Steps
28.09.20

72. Q & A

73. Q & A

74. Thank you!
Sign up: http://bit.ly/ukbatteriesnetwork_signup
Visit: www.ukbatteriesnetwork.org (under development)
Contact: Nikoleta Piperidou at nikoleta.piperidou@ktn-uk.org
& Sheena Hindocha at sheena.hindocha@ktn-uk.org

75. Later today:
12.00 - 13.00 Meeting Mojo – networking
tool (optional one to one discussions)
13.30 Faraday Battery Challenge CR&D
Round 4 Competition Briefing Event