Hear about one of the key facets of PFER, a £104m programme focussed on the integration of power, heat and transport and the business models needed to enable Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) to scale towards net zero.

1. Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER)
Six in Sixty Mini Series
Episode 4: Infrastructure & Technology
Thursday 3rd February 2022

2. Today’s Agenda
10.00 Welcome & Introduction to PFER | Damien Kelly, Innovate UK
10:03 Helping put the ‘smart’ into Smart Local Energy Systems | Brian Wann, SSE
10.10 How electric vehicles bring flexibility to the electricity grid | William Goldsmith, EV Energy
10.17 Project ESO: the world’s largest hybrid battery project | Liza Lebedev, Habitat Energy
10.24 Decarbonising shipping infrastructure: the Portsmouth PESO project | Simon Powell, MSE International
10.31 Enabling the future: the recommendations of the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce | Laura Sandys, Challenging Ideas
10.38 The Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund – driving innovation in our energy networks | Chris Coonick, Innovate UK
10.45 Q&A
11.00 Closing remarks
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Welcome and Introduction to Prospering from the
Energy Revolution
Damien Kelly | Innovate UK

4. Prospering from the Energy Revolution
• UKRI programme
• Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
• £102m of public funding, matched by
industry
• 2019 to 2023
• Over 50 projects around the UK
• The aim: to show what works
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5. Programme objectives
Prove local energy business models that
• are investable and scalable
• deliver cleaner, cheaper energy
• build prosperous and resilient communities
• benefit the whole system
• use integrated, intelligent approaches
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Unlock 10x private
investment
Accelerate new
products and services
to commercialisation
Build UK leadership

6. Over 180 organisations…
25+ local authorities and bodies
30+ energy providers
35+ energy services companies
30+ data companies
40+ other businesses
20+ universities – the EnergyRev consortium
The Energy Systems Catapult
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…working together on a common goal

7. Highland
Grampian
Tayside
Central
Fife
Lothian
Strathclyde Borders
Dumfries & Galloway
Northhumberland
Tyne & Wear
Durham
Cleveland
Cumbria
North Yorkshire
Lancashire
West
Yorkshire
Great
Manchester
East Riding
of Yorkshire
South
Yorkshire
Derbyshire
Nottingham-
shire Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Staffordshire
Merseyside
Cheshire
West
Midlands
Warwickshire
Northampton-
shire
Cambridge-
shire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Essex
Hertfordshire
Bedfordshire
Buckingham-
shire
Kent
Surrey
Greater
London
Hampshire
West
Sussex
East
Sussex
Dorset
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
Worcestershire
Dyfed
West
Glamorgan
Mid
Glamorgan
Gwent
City of
Bristol
Wiltshire
Berkshire
South
Glamorgan
Clywd
Gwynedd
Shropshire
Powys
Londonderry
Antrim
Down
Armagh
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Project locations
Indicative only
Demonstrators
1. Project LEO
2. Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO)
3. ReFLEX Orkney
Detailed Designs
1. Liverpool Multi-Vector Energy Exchange
2. Greater Manchester Local Energy Market
3. GIRONA
4. Zero Carbon Rugeley
5. West Midlands RESO
6. Peterborough Integrated
Renewables Infrastructure (PIRI)
7. Milford Haven: Energy Kingdom
8. Project REMeDY
9. REWIRE-NW
10. GreenSCIES 2
Key Technology Components
1. Open Protocol Cloud Metering for
Heat Networks
2. Domestic Infrastructure & Network
Optimisation (DINO)
3. URBAN-X
4. v-powerChain
5. Seasonal Storage
6. BankEnergi
7. Rail-Charge
8. Hypervolt
9. Port Energy Systems Optimisation (PESO)
10. Maximising Grid Services from Electric
Vehicles (M-GSEV)
There are also:
3 projects on modernising energy data
access (MEDA)
9 projects on modernising energy data
applications (MEDApps)
18 earlier 'fast start' projects
11. Heat Networks as Flexible Grid Assets
12. EV Fleet-centred Local Energy System (EFLES)
13. SHOCENSI
14. ADVENT
15. Guru Engage
Concept Designs
1. WESLID
2. E-Port Energy
3. Greater Manchester Local Energy Market
4. Bristol Energy Smart System Transformation
5. BankEnergi
6. Intelligent Bridgend Energy System Designs
7. GreenSCIES
8. Energy Autonomous Community (Isle of Wight)
9. LEMDEx
10. DLT Micro-grid Management Platform
11. An Energy Revolution for the Market Town
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8. Brian Wann, SSEN
Helping put the ‘smart’ into
Smart Local Energy Systems
Local Energy Accelerating Net Zero
Working in Partnership with

10. Putting the ‘smart’ into smart local energy systems
Operational Forecasting: provides a view of
demand/generation profiles at granular nodal level for
0-10 days ahead of real-time
Whole System Coordinator (WSC): Provides the core
intelligence for flex market decision making, and
manages automated data flows between sub-
component DSO systems
Power System Analysis (PSA): Computes anticipated
power flows under different near-term topology
change and forecast scenarios
Neutral Market Facilitator (NMF): Provides a user
interface portal for DSO interaction with the Industry
Actors to enter/accept their available flex service
volumes/costs, and for them to request approval for
peer-to-peer (P2P) capacity trades

11. Neutral Market Facilitator Platform

12. Procured Flexibility Services (DSO) 100 kW DER asset 30
kW
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kW
40
kW
30 kW contracted on the NMF for Sustain Peak
Management DSO service to manage weekday tea time
peak
Season
Ahead
Week ahead
Additional 40 kW contracted on
the NMF for Sustain Peak
Management on increase in
requirement from the forecast
Dispatch
day
Day ahead
ahead
Same 40 kW (stacked) contracted
on the NMF for Dynamic
Constraint Management
Intra Day
Additional 30 kW contracted on the NMF
for Secure Constraint management of
unplanned outages
30 kW dispatched by WSC/NMF with 12
hrs notice for tea time peak
Sustain Peak
Management
Additional 30 kW dispatched with
4 hrs notice for planned outage
Secure
Constraint
Management
40 kW dispatched with 30 mins
notice for unplanned outage
Dynamic
DSO Services Procurement timelines Dispatch timelines
Disclaimer: Example of trial intention only, service procurement and stacking may
differ through the trial phases

13. Baselining and Settlement
Joe Bloggs Energy
To understand the amount of flexibility that has been provided the DSO
requires both measured data to enable it to provide a Baseline, as well
as data from the period the flexibility service is provided. The data is
entered into he NMF, which then uses this for Settlement purposes.
The NMF is also used to share data between the service providers and the DSO.
The ability of the NMF to carry out these functions offers transparency
and neutrality for all parties.

14. Operational Forecasting Process
1. Identification of the embedded generators
contributing to the net demand observed
2. Quantification of the historical contribution
of each generator to the net demand
3. Disaggregation of the pure generation from the net
demand signal, resulting in ‘underlying’ demand signal
4. Filtering the resulting underlying demand signal to
ensure only representative and appropriate data points
are kept for the calibration of the demand model
An Operational Forecasting report is available on the TRANSITION website
www.ssen-transition.com/library/
Forecasts
Historical data

15. Operational Forecasting Process
10 days ahead forecast of net-demand, underlying demand and generation (30 min resolution)
Example of operational forecast for an 11kV feeder in Oxfordshire:
• 0-4 days probabilistic forecast enabled by using 40 weather ensembles (uncertainty is represented by shaded area)
• 0-10 days deterministic forecast based on a single weather forecast (represented by solid lines)
Demand
Generation
An Operational Forecasting report is available on the TRANSITION website
www.ssen-transition.com/library/

16. Max Export Capacity
Max Import Capacity
Offsetting
LEO is also working with TRANSITION trialling DSO enabled flexibility services
– capacity trades between Peers located at the same point in the network.
Peer to Peer Capacity Trading

17. Thank you
- find out more -
www.project-leo.co.uk/
www.ssen-transition.com

18. Simpler, greener, cheaper
electric vehicle charging
Notable customers include:
“World’s Best Energy Start-Up”
2019 winner
Pulse Innovation Challenge
2019 winner
“E-mobility start-up of
the year” 2020 winner

19. Our mission is to make EV charging greener, cheaper and
simpler, to accelerate the decarbonization of transport
MISSION
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“How do I charge my
car at home?”
“How do I charge on
a long road trip?”
Charging is the #1 challenge with owning an
electric vehicle
There are 2 key customer pain points:
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21. Commercial in confidence
Electric vehicle charging also causes major problems for utilities ...
PROBLEM
High carbon Expensive to serve Complex to manage
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Coal and gas plants are
needed to smooth peaks in
EV demand
EVs will double consumer
electricity bills, if they are
settled at peak times
If EVs charge at peak, £bns will
need to be spent to reinforce local
network infrastructure
✕ ✕
✕

22. Commercial in confidence
Greener Cheaper Simpler
ev.energy’s platform vision is greener, cheaper & simpler charging
SOLUTION
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Matching EV charging to
renewable generation saves
150 kg of CO2 per EV per year
(~20% of emissions)
Aligning EV charging
with low wholesale prices,
saves £150-350 per EV per
year
Using EV load as a flexible
resource, helps grid operators
avoid £bns in infrastructure
costs
✓ ✓
✓

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Our algorithm shifts charging based on price, carbon & grid capacity
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Data from the ev.energy platform during a trial in Mid-Western USA, 2019

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SMART CHARGING WITH EV.ENERGY
…managing load to off peak windows & ensuring the EV is charged
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Energy price (¢/kWh)
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utilities reduce
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costs by ~35%
Data from the ev.energy platform during a trial in Mid-Western USA, 2019

25. SOLUTION
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User-friendly app for
drivers
Cloud based platform with
energy market integrations
APIs to wirelessly control
charging
Plus
chargers
*
(beta)
(read-only)
A SaaS platform for utilities to simplify all aspects of charging (I/II)
▪ Enables utilities to monitor EV owner
consumption & charging patterns
▪ Connects to any global utility,
optimising for energy tariffs, network
signals, and carbon intensity on the
grid
▪ Simple white-labelable app, that is
engaging for customers
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26. ev.energy is leading two Innovate UK projects that are driving
the way for grid services from domestic EV charging
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In the last 12 months we’ve worked on over 10 world-leading
projects that have set us apart as leaders in EV flexibility
Commercial in confidence
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• Won the UK’s first commercial tender to provide grid services from
electric vehicles and delivered Project Shift
• Revenue earned with WPD through IntraFlex and Sustain-H
• Setup on Piclo and bids submitted in 4 DSO tenders
• Delivered smart charging pilot with AusNet to provide grid flexibility
from EVs in Australia
• Worked with US aggregator Leap to provide grid services in Texas
and Low Carbon Events with SVCE in California
• Partnered with Flexitricity to enter first VPP of EVs in the BM

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Background
UK Power Networks operates the distribution network across
southern England, which includes London. With 3.6 million
EVs forecast on its network by 2030, UKPN sought to
proactively work with ev.energy to baseline charging
behavior and incentivize EV drivers to engage with managed
charging.
Solution
ev.energy aggregated 1,000 EVs on UKPN’s network, and
incentivized them to allow managed charging by offering a
points-based rewards system. All EV drivers using the
ev.energy app, with managed charging enabled, would earn
1 Reward point for any managed charging session >10 kWh.
Rewards points can be redeemed for Amazon gift cards, free
rapid charging, carbon offsets, and more.
Impact
ev.energy delivered 80% peak load reduction for UKPN
through an initial pilot project. UKPN has since awarded
ev.energy the country’s first commercial tender for EVs,
which will see ev.energy aggregate and manage loads on
thousands of EVs across UKPN’s network in England.
Commercial in confidence
UK Power Networks
STATIC LOAD SHIFTING – CASE STUDY

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ev.energy has won the first commercial tender with UK Power Networks,
delivering 80%+ peak reduction using EVs
STATIC LOAD SHIFTING – CASE STUDY
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Commercial in confidence
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Reduction of 82%
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Reduction of 81%
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Weekdays: avg. EV goes from needing
1kW at peak, to 0.19 kW at peak times
Weekends: avg. EV goes from needing 0.86kW
at peak, to 0.15 kW at peak times

30. Assets have been uploaded to 2 flexibility marketplaces to
unlock further DSO grid service opportunities
Commercial in confidence
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Registered with Piclo flexibility
marketplace, uploading >6,000 assets
Next we are exploring system operator and wholesale market opportunities with
4 aggregators, including being the first to provide EV flexibility in the BM
Registered as a flexibility provider on
Nodes flexibility marketplace

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Background
National Grid ESO offers contracts for flexibility services
ranging from long-term capacity to minute-by-minute
balancing. Flexitricity and ev.energy have teamed up to
register the UK’s first EV aggregated unit with the Balancing
Mechanism and will be paid to deliver rapid-response EV
load management.
Ambition
With over 17,000 EVs on its platform in the UK, ev.energy
initially plans to aggregate 1,000 EVs into a Virtual Power
Plant that can dynamically ramp up/down EV loads with 1
minute’s notice. We estimate the value of this flexibility to be
approx. £140/kW per year.
Next steps
Flexitricity and ev.energy are building the Virtual Power Plant
technology and capability to deliver second-by-second
operational metering. We anticipate delivering this service to
National Grid in H2 2021, in partnership with one or multiple
energy suppliers.
Commercial in confidence
National Grid
Balancing Mechanism
DYNAMIC RE-DISPATCHING – CASE STUDY

32. Simpler, greener, cheaper electric vehicle
charging for everyone
William Goldsmith
Head of Grid & Data Services
william.goldsmith@ev.energy
For more information, please contact:

33. Habitat Energy &
Energy Superhub
Oxford
February 2022
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34. Outline
Habitat Introduction
Energy Superhub Oxford Introduction
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35. Habitat provides a full route to market,
with a complete technical and
commercial solution for storage
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OUR SERVICES
• Habitat’s operational dispatch platform
connects the physical battery to all relevant
battery markets and revenue streams
• Habitat combines cloud-based machine-
learning and algorithmic decision-making
with a 24/7 commercial team to optimally
dispatch assets day-by-day and minute-by-
minute
• More than just an operator, Habitat serves as
a strategic partner and advisor, monitoring
market and regulatory changes as well as
asset-specific conditions like warranty and
degradation

36. Habitat’s optimisation approach is designed specifically for
battery storage
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OUR APPROACH

37. Habitat’s degradation
modelling dynamically
assesses the condition
of the battery and the
profitability of each
trade, maximising
lifetime asset value
OUR APPROACH
Marginal
revenue per
cycle
Marginal
degradation
cost per cycle
Potential trade/physical dispatch
Profitable actions
Unprofitable actions
Optimal physical
battery conditions
(SOC, DOD,
temperature,
chemistry, etc) allow
profitable cycling
despite mild market
opportunity
Habitat’s
dynamic
insight and
modelling
avoids
unprofitably
degrading
the battery –
basing
decisions
jointly on the
asset and
market
Assessed dispatch scenarios (illustrative)
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38. Habitat’s algorithmic trading
platform assesses optimal
charge and discharge scenarios
across markets based on asset-
specific conditions
OUR APPROACH
Habitat’s proprietary systems can automatically dispatch
assets across day-ahead, intraday and imbalance markets
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39. What is ESO?
The Energy Superhub
Oxford (ESO) is one of three
demonstrator projects part-
funded by the UK
government’s Industrial
Strategy Challenge Fund
under its “Prospering from
the Energy Revolution”
(PFER) programme. The
PFER programme is about
delivering innovation in
smart local energy
systems.

40. What is Habitat’s role in ESO?
Habitat Energy is managing the UK’s first
transmission-connected battery, a 50MW
hybrid battery composed of both vanadium
flow & lithium-ion batteries.
It currently operates the lithium-ion battery in
both merchant trading (Day Ahead, Intraday
and in the Balancing Mechanism) as well as
ancillary services (e.g., Dynamic
Containment).
Habitat is also helping the Oxford City
Council with the management of its public
EV fleet by providing optimisation
simulations, finding ways to reduce costs &
improve charging efficiency.

41. Disclaimer: This presentation shall not be construed as providing legal or financial opinions or guidance. It is not intended for general
advertising, sales, public circulation, quotation or publication. Public information and industry and statistical data are from sources Habitat
deems to be reliable but Habitat makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. Habitat accepts no duty of
care or liability to you, and you waive and release Habitat for all claims, liabilities and damages, if any, suffered as a result of decisions made, or
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42. Decarbonising shipping infrastructure:
The Portsmouth PESO project
Simon Powell, MSE International
UKRI Prospering from the Energy Revolution
Six in Sixty - Technology and Infrastructure
3rd February 2022

43. PESO Partners
MSE International:
• Not for profit organisation mobilising investment in a sustainable “blue economy”
• Develops cross sectoral collaborations to explore new solutions
Swanbarton:
• Specialists in energy storage, storage applications and control, local energy systems
Energy Systems Catapult:
• Independent, not-for-profit centre of excellence bridging the gap between industry,
government, academia and research
• Accelerating the transformation of the UK’s energy system
Portsmouth International Port
• Passenger and freight port carrying around 3.8MT of cargo pa.
• Deep water cargo terminal operated by Portico

44. Why are we doing PESO?
• Air Quality problems
– Port cities suffer from
emissions from ships
(underway & at berth) and
freight vehicles
• Decarbonisation needs
– Move away from
traditional high-C fuels
• Implications for ports?

45. Electrification of shipping
• Shore power for all ships at berth
• Ship emissions underway are not
counted as port emissions, those
alongside are.
• Eliminate diesel generator operation in
port
• Power requirement much greater than
ports’ grid connection capacity
• Fully electric propulsion
• Lithium ion batteries
• Flow batteries
• Hydrogen fuel cell
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46. Maritime Energy Transition
• De-carbonisation:
• International shipping creates 2.7%
of global GHG emissions
• IMO: >50% reduction by 2050
• UK: net-zero by 2050
• Air quality
• Domestic & international
shipping creates (EEA, 2019):
• 35% of transport NOx emissions
• 42% of transport PM2.5
emissions
Carbon reduction pathways: LR/UMAS, 2019

47. • 5 Ro-Ro berths
• 2 traditional berths
• Owned by Portsmouth City Council
– Clean Air Zone
– Net Carbon Neutral by 2030
– Zero Emission Shipping by 2050
– Constraints on energy supply
infrastructure
– Grid reinforcement very costly
– Electricity storage is essential
– Optimise use of on-site renewable
generation

48. Biggest Winners for Carbon
Reductions
• The biggest winners for quickly decreasing carbon emissions
and improving air quality is the provision of shore power to all
berths and the obligatory use of shore power where a ship is
able to take it
• LED Lighting – over 60% carbon Saving
• Shore Power – 90% carbon saving ad significant air quality
improvements.

49. The PESO Solution
• PESO is showing how smart grid technology
and energy storage can enable cost-
effective decarbonisation in ports
• Key part of UK delivery of Clean Maritime
Plan, including the role for innovation in
port infrastructure
• A pilot system at Portsmouth International
Port is optimizing energy utilisation across
the port estate:
– Adapt to vessel needs
– Optimise renewable generating capacity
– Incorporate local energy storage, including
large flow battery (BEIS Bluestor project)
– Advanced energy management
– Minimise grid reinforcement requirements
– Arbitrage energy procurement
Energy for vessel
recharging & shore
powering
Grid connection
On-site
generation
On-site
facilities
PESO
System

50. Project Goals
1. Deployment and Control of a
novel dual-chemistry ‘Gemini’
battery
2. Development and deployment
of energy management
software including AI to
optimise energy use
3. Advance the System Readiness
Level of the complete port
smart grid solution

51. www.mseinternational.org
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52. An independent report sponsored by
Energy
Digitalisation
Taskforce
Chaired by Laura Sandys
CBE

53. From 400 Actors to millions of Actions
and Assets
ChangingNatureofInteractionsrequiretotallynewlevelofVisibility,
Knowledge,Analytics&Algorithms
• Multiple and Changing Customer Preferences
• Carbon Visibility crucial for Net Zero
• Significant Interactions between Different Parties
• Just in Time Data to New Actors
• New Business Models based on interactions & blended
propositions
• More Dynamic and bi-directional System Needs
• Dynamic Constraint Management
• Interacting and Dynamic Markets

54. Data & Digitalisation are not just enablers,
they are drivers of transformative change
Data Openness
Open Data Tools &
System Platforms
Digitalisation, AI,
Algorithms
Dynamic digital markets
Infrastructure and Asset Visibility
Operational Optimisation
Open System
Design
Data Visibility
Modern, Decarbonised, Digital Energy System
Agile
Policy
&
Regulation
Energy
Digitalisation
Taskforce

55. Getting the plumbing right
Disjointed
Uncoordinated
Inefficient &
expensive
Monopolies
Data driven
Secure and Stable
Consumer Centred
Interoperable
Optimised
Innovation Led
Driving Net Zero
Consumer Protection
Tower Of Babel

56. Whole system ambitions and requirements
Prices to Devices
Automated communication & contracting to optimise system
needs, carbon & cost. Enabling value to flow through the system.
Automated & Optimised System Stability & Resilience
Digitalised system management operated at central,
regional, local or building level

57. Highlights
Unlock the value of consumers actions and assets
• Customer consent dashboard Customer control and
acceptance is crucial to build trust and deliver appropriate
consumer protection
• Mandate smart energy assets Unlocking flexibility by
ensuring customer energy assets are connected and smart
Deliver Interoperability
• The Digital Spine Distributed systems monitoring to enable
whole system interoperability and operation
Implement new digital governance and entities
• Digital delivery body Delivering public interest assets at
speed and independent from vested interests
Enable carbon monitoring and accounting
• Dynamic carbon monitoring and reporting Carbon visibility
is critical to future policies, CCUS, carbon offsetting and
informing consumer actions

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• Unlock Customer Data through clear consent and
control portal
• Deliver interoperability through Public Interest
Assets
• Implemented through the Digital Delivery Body
• Address new Digital Governance
• Establish appropriate customers control and
protections
• Employ digital Security measures
• Enable whole system reconciliation
• Deliver whole system Carbon visibility
• Open up opportunities for innovation

59. PIPES AND WIRES:
how the Ofgem Strategic
Innovation Fund aims to
transform energy networks
CHRIS COONICK
PROGRAMME MANAGER, INNOVATE UK

60. The UK energy system
Transmission
Distribution
Electricity Gas

61. The Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
Ofgem and Innovate UK are collaborating to:
1. Deliver a net zero energy system at lowest costs to consumers
2. Position the UK as the ‘Silicon Valley’ of energy systems
£450m over 5 years
for energy network
innovation projects

62. Under way now…
Round 1 Discovery Phase Innovation Challenges
Whole System
Integration
Data &
Digitalisation
Heat
Zero Emission
Transport

63. Recommended portfolio

64. Blue-sky
thinking
SIF projects
Deployment
Growth & scale
Building investor relationships
and financing models
Strategic co-ordination & alignment
A different approach to innovation
Lessons learnt

65. Next Round
Round 2 kicking off soon….

66. Sign up for the SIF newsletter
ukri.innovateuk.org/ofgem-sif-subscription-sign-up

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Q&A Panel Session

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New SBRI Competition:
Open Digital Solutions for Net Zero Energy
• The aim of this competition is to develop open software, hardware and data solutions
that address the challenges off transforming to a net zero energy system in the UK.
• 9 month projects (July 2022 – March 2023)
• Applications open 31st January and close 9th March 2022
• Applications welcome for solutions that accelerate net zero energy (across value chain
and energy types)
• SBRI – 100% funded pre commercial procurement contracts
• £1.2m competition - 4 projects funded, up to £300,000(including VAT) available per
project
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• Competition link:
• https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1078/overview
• Competition Briefing Event 9th February
• https://ktn-uk.org/events/open-digital-solutions-for-net-zero-energy-sbri-competition-
briefing/
New SBRI Competition:
Open Digital Solutions for Net Zero Energy

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Closing remarks
Damien Kelly | Innovate UK