UTAR gets Newton Fund Impact Scheme grant

THE British Council has granted the Newton Fund Impact Scheme (NFIS) to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (UTAR) Prof Dr Lim Yun Seng for his ‘development of IoT-controlled virtual energy storage for maximum demand reductions under intermittency of photovoltaic systems’ research.

Prof Lim – who is UTAR Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science Centre for Power Systems and Electricity chairperson and research lead – and his co-researchers Dr Wong Jianhui and Prof Dr Eng Yoke Kee, were awarded RM723,967 (£137,000) for the entire research project with a grant duration of 12 months to a maximum of 18 months.The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with 17 partner countries to support economic development and social welfare, and develop research and innovation capacity for long term sustainable growth.