Flexibility Innovation Programme
This programme looks to support innovative solutions to enable large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility.
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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, the 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.
The Flexibility Innovation Programme is part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio and 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.
New activities under the Flexibility Innovation Programme will be launched over 2022. We held an update event on 5 April to provide further information on the Programme and its innovation activities - see the attached slides and watch this recording:
Flexibility Innovation Programme update event 5 April 2022
Innovation activity launched to date
V2X competition
On 24 March BEIS launched the V2X competition as part of the £11.4 million V2X innovation programme. This is being delivered by UKRI Innovate UK on behalf of BEIS.
Automatic Asset Registration (AAR) competition
On 5 April BEIS launched phase 1 of the Automatic Asset Registration (AAR) competition, which aims to support the development of an automatic, automated secure data exchange process for registering small-scale energy assets and collecting and accessing small-scale energy asset data.
Future innovation activity
Smart meter enabled flexibility innovation: online engagement event, Friday 6 May, 1-3pmMay
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Automatic Asset Registration: online information day, Thursday 21 April, 2-3.30pm
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Register for the event here.
If you didn’t attend the Flexibility Innovation Programme update event on 5 April 2022 and would like to be kept informed about the Programme, please email flexibilityinnovation@beis.gov.uk.
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Smart Metering enabled flexibility innovation engagement session, 6 May 2022 - slides published.
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Added new event: Smart meter enabled flexibility innovation: online engagement event, Friday 6th May, 1-3pm.
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6 April Flex Unlocked event slides added.
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Video and slides from 5 April Update event added.
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Details added for 2 online update sessions providing further information on the Flexibility Innovation Programme and the innovation activity that will take place under the programme.
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Added slides from 2 engagement sessions: Interoperable demand side response and Automatic asset registration.
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Registration links to 2 engagement events added: Interoperable demand side response and Automatic asset registration.
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The Market Engagement Questionnaire for the Flexibility Innovation Programme has closed.
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Questionnaire closing date extended to 14 November 2021, 11:59 pm.
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First published.