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Flexibility Innovation Programme

This programme looks to support innovative solutions to enable large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility.

From:
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
7 October 2021
Last updated
22 February 2022 — See all updates

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Flexibility Innovation Programme: Market Engagement Questionnaire

MS Word Document, 122 KB

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The 2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan and Energy Digitalisation Strategy identified key BEIS policy priorities to enable the transition to a smart, flexible and decarbonised energy system.

To support the transition, Flexibility Innovation Programme seeks to enable large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility through smart, flexible, secure, and accessible technologies and markets. Up to £65 million will be made available. This overarching programme will fund innovation across a range of key smart energy applications. New activities under the Flexibility Innovation Programme will be launched over the coming year.

The Flexibility Innovation Programme forms a substantial part of a commitment set out in the Prime Minister’s 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution, to invest at least £100 million on energy storage and flexibility innovation challenges.

The Flexibility Innovation Programme is in development phase but it is anticipated areas of focus could include integrating systems for flexibility, data and digitalisation solutions, and markets for flexibility.

The programme is part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.

Upcoming innovation activity: online engagement sessions

BEIS is considering options for the design and development of innovation activities under the Flexibility Innovation Programme.

Following the Flexibility Innovation Programme: Market Engagement Questionnaire, we are hosting a number of online engagement sessions to inform the design and development of potential future innovation activity across the following areas:

Sign up to the events via these links to hear about potential future innovation support and provide feedback that may be used to inform the proposed innovation activity.

Published 7 October 2021
Last updated 22 February 2022 + show all updates

  1. Registration links to 2 engagement events added: Interoperable demand side response and Automatic asset registration.

  2. The Market Engagement Questionnaire for the Flexibility Innovation Programme has closed.

  3. Questionnaire closing date extended to 14 November 2021, 11:59 pm.

  4. First published.