Power of Connection
One connected community.
Central to our transformation strategy is SENfA: Shared Energy Network for Academia.
SENfA brings together institutions around shared knowledge, opportunity, energy intelligence and ultimately collective energy value.
Through its independent, member-led community, schools, colleges, universities, trusts and dioceses can connect, learn, participate and build a stronger collective voice.
Beyond community, SENfA is being developed as a shared energy resource, connecting energy data, monitoring, import and export opportunities and future energy services to help institutions manage costs, demonstrate progress and create lasting value.
One institution connects to another. One connection becomes a community. One community becomes a network.
Academia powering Academia
Beyond connection lies an even bigger ambition.
As renewable generation, battery storage and flexible demand grow across participating institutions, SENfA's Virtual Power Platform aims to connect those assets into one intelligent energy ecosystem. Building on SENfA's energy intelligence and shared services, the ambition is to move from individual energy optimisation towards aggregation, grid participation and greater shared energy value.
Many institutions. Many assets. One intelligent energy ecosystem.
A future connected energy ecosystem within SENfA, bringing institutions together to generate, optimise, share and create value.
Surplus energy from one institution could help benefit another, while connected batteries and flexible demand create opportunities for grid participation and additional income.
Generated by academia. Shared across academia. Powering academia.
“Every institution we speak to has its own estate, challenges and ambitions. But many of the barriers are remarkably similar, access to capital, capacity, expertise and a clear route to delivery.
RECfA was created to connect those pieces. The POWER of ONE takes that thinking much further. Through RECfA, we can convene the partnerships and unlock the capital to act. Through SENfA, we can connect institutions, share knowledge and energy intelligence, and build towards a future where energy itself creates greater collective value.
Our ambition isn't simply to deliver more individual energy projects. It's to create an ecosystem of benefits that helps institutions save more, improve their buildings, unlock new opportunities and create better places for people.
One institution becomes many. One action becomes a movement. One connected energy future.”
Michael Baugh, Founder RECfA