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Flexible Power phase 2
15/06/2018
We're on the hunt for more businesses that want to earn extra money by being flexible with their existing energy assets.
Following a successful trial in parts of the Midlands, WPD is opening up 18 new zones where it aims to procure demand side response services to address operational requirements on its network.
The new zones are in the Rugeley, Northampton, Beaumont Leys, Exeter and South Hams and Plymouth areas.
But aggregators and energy managers who wish to register their interest will need to act quickly – the expression of interest window closes at 5pm on Wednesday July 11.
Flexible Power offers three services, which are available to half-hourly metered businesses that can reduce their electrical consumption or increase their on-site generation for at least two hours in response to an automated signal.
All services require businesses to respond within 15 minutes of a request and are available from October 2018 to October 2019. Full details for when services might be called are specified for each zone in the expression of interest documents available on the website.
WPD Innovation and Low Carbon Networks Engineer Matt Watson, who is leading the project, said: “The changing face of generation and its impact on our network means we have to look for innovative ways of managing the system. Flexibility services are an important part of this management.
“We have learnt a lot from the trial we have been running in the Midlands, including providing much more tailored information for each service and being quick to establish via the expressions of interest which zones we should concentrate on pursuing.”
WPD plans to release more zones next year. More information is available at flexiblepower.co.uk.
Following a successful trial in parts of the Midlands, WPD is opening up 18 new zones where it aims to procure demand side response services to address operational requirements on its network.
The new zones are in the Rugeley, Northampton, Beaumont Leys, Exeter and South Hams and Plymouth areas.
But aggregators and energy managers who wish to register their interest will need to act quickly – the expression of interest window closes at 5pm on Wednesday July 11.
Flexible Power offers three services, which are available to half-hourly metered businesses that can reduce their electrical consumption or increase their on-site generation for at least two hours in response to an automated signal.
- Secure – designed to manage peak demand on the network and pre-emptively reduce network loading;
- Dynamic – developed to support the network in the event of specific fault conditions, often during summer maintenance periods
- Restore – designed to help with network restoration following rare fault conditions.
All services require businesses to respond within 15 minutes of a request and are available from October 2018 to October 2019. Full details for when services might be called are specified for each zone in the expression of interest documents available on the website.
WPD Innovation and Low Carbon Networks Engineer Matt Watson, who is leading the project, said: “The changing face of generation and its impact on our network means we have to look for innovative ways of managing the system. Flexibility services are an important part of this management.
“We have learnt a lot from the trial we have been running in the Midlands, including providing much more tailored information for each service and being quick to establish via the expressions of interest which zones we should concentrate on pursuing.”
WPD plans to release more zones next year. More information is available at flexiblepower.co.uk.
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