Northern Powergrid (Northeast) PLC

The Social Virtual Power Plant (Social VPP) empowers vulnerable and fuel-poor households to actively participate in the energy transition. By combining community-led investment with smart flexibility software, the project aggregates household batteries and demand response to lower bills, reduce carbon emissions, and strengthen grid resilience. Unlike trad...

Electricity networks face new challenges from electric vehicles, heat pumps and solar. These low-carbon technologies are vital for net zero but can strain local grids --- high voltages waste solar energy, while low voltages trip EV chargers. Project SOLVE builds on Ofgem's and NESO's innovation programmes, using open standards and smart meter data to prov...

Electricity demand from heating could quadruple by 2050 to over 100TWh per year, almost a third of GB's current annual electricity demand. Hot Chips will demonstrate how data centre surplus heat could reduce the energy demand of district heat (DH) networks and explore how DNOs and data centres can work collaboratively to decarbonise DH networks. Using wat...

Cross-Vector Energy Hubs can leverage the flexibility of both Electrical and Gas technologies to support the electricity system and release grid capacity via coordination of these parallel energy vectors. The project builds and demonstrates a planning and simulation toolset that evaluates the Cross-Vector Energy Hub, allowing both DNOs and prospective Ene...

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Fractal Flow (FF) addresses challenges for both the National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) and Distribution Network Operators (DNOs). NGESO currently has limited visibility of aggregated demand forecasts, services availability, and headroom at and below Grid Supply Points (GSPs). As DNOs shift to flexible demand and supply services, FF provides...