This report summarises the key findings from a one-day expert stakeholder workshop, which explored the opportunities and challenges for industrial consumer-led flexibility and identified the research priorities needed to support its development.
Electrification is expected to deliver the bulk of emissions reductions for energy-intensive industry, meaning that flexible industrial electricity demand could play a crucial role in helping to ease pressure on the grid. This report summarises the key findings from a one-day expert stakeholder workshop, which explored the opportunities and challenges for industrial consumer-led flexibility and identified the research priorities needed to support its development.
The following key areas were identified for further research
- Calculate the technical potential for flexibility by sector and process, and map this across Great Britain.
- Develop a methodology to assess the economic flexibility potential across different regions.
- Map incentives for current and future markets to understand how they could encourage participation.
- Quantify peak industrial energy use across Great Britain by time of day, to pinpoint where flexibility could deliver the greatest benefit.
