Delivering flexibility in a net zero future

16 February 2022

Delivering flexibility in a net zero future

Flexibility will underpin the future energy system but the power of location is yet to be fully unlocked and realised. Industry experts predict a whole range of business models will emerge around fixing balancing issues locally. But how do network operators ensure they can be facilitators rather than barriers to connecting technology before it connects to the system?

Technologies such as electric vehicles and heat pumps are poised to change the energy industry forever. When the government bans on fossil-fuel powered cars and boilers come in over the next decades, network operators will look to demand rather than generation to balance the system.

While the flexibility market has started to establish itself, the power of location has yet to be fully unlocked and realised. Industry experts predict that a whole range of business models are likely to emerge around fixing balancing issues locally.

But how do network operators ensure they can be facilitators rather than barriers to connecting technology before it connects to the system?

This report explores how location data is likely to become a keystone of net zero energy service models.

Featuring contributions from KrakenFlex, Western Power Distribution, Flexitricity and the Energy Data Taskforce among others, this report outlines the barriers facing the flexibility market and the steps being taken by the industry to encourage interoperability with data.