Enabling Buildings on the Grid Edge
Lead Participant:
GRID EDGE LIMITED
Abstract
Our electricity system is changing towards having a greater proportion of non-flexible generation from either
intermittent renewable or nuclear sources and as behaviour in our society change around modern work
practices and changing patterns of consumption behaviour. As this transition progresses there is an
opportunity for the controlling influence in the energy system to move away from the small group of large
powerful incumbent organisations towards the majority of agents within the system, the millions of system
users. This project enables those customers to redefine themselves as participants within the energy system.
The developments in this project allow building owners to use the dispatchable electrical loads in their
buildings to become a dynamic and flexible energy sink, store and buffer asset, continuously pairing off against
intermittent renewable generation and providing the system stability needed for the whole system to operate
reliably. By unlocking these dispatchable load resources this project opens the path for a 100% zero carbon
future electricity system.
intermittent renewable or nuclear sources and as behaviour in our society change around modern work
practices and changing patterns of consumption behaviour. As this transition progresses there is an
opportunity for the controlling influence in the energy system to move away from the small group of large
powerful incumbent organisations towards the majority of agents within the system, the millions of system
users. This project enables those customers to redefine themselves as participants within the energy system.
The developments in this project allow building owners to use the dispatchable electrical loads in their
buildings to become a dynamic and flexible energy sink, store and buffer asset, continuously pairing off against
intermittent renewable generation and providing the system stability needed for the whole system to operate
reliably. By unlocking these dispatchable load resources this project opens the path for a 100% zero carbon
future electricity system.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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GRID EDGE LIMITED | £95,696 | £ 66,987 |
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Participant |
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INNOVATE UK |
People |
ORCID iD |
Jim Scott (Project Manager) |