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UTILITY WEEK | 11TH - 17TH JANUARY 2019 | 13 Policy & Regulation pate increases in demand by combining data on road journeys, customer behaviour and network capacity. This will include developing an inter- active mapping tool called Connect More, which will be used to share the findings. As part of the project, trials of destina- tion and residential on-street charging will also be conducted to identify trends and the potential to use flexible connections. SP Energy Networks has committed to funding a car club to ensure the trials are populated sufficiently. The company expects the project to create £135 million of financial benefits by 2030 and £795 million by 2050. It has been awarded £6.85 million of NIC funding and will con- tribute another £1.02 million. EA Technology, Smarter Grid Solutions and PTV Group will deliver the technical elements of the project and have agreed to invest £571,000. Both the expert panel and Ofgem said they were encouraged by the focus on on- street residential parking, which has not been addressed by previous trials. The project starts this month and will last around three years. Black Start from Distributed Energy Resources, National Grid Electricity System Operator As the name suggests, this scheme will investigate the ability of distributed energy resources to restore power following a major blackout. Black start capability is currently pro- vided by a small number of large transmis- sion-connected fossil fuel power stations that are able to start up without access to external electricity supplies. However, clo- sures have led to rising costs in recent years and will mean these plants can no longer be fully relied upon in future. National Grid will therefore develop and demonstrate the organisational, commercial and technical arrangements to deliver the service using fleets of smaller assets con- nected at the distribution level, such as wind farms, hydropower plants and gas and diesel engines. It has committed to hold at least two live trials within SP Energy Networks' licence areas. The electricity system operator expects the provision of black start services by dis- tributed energy resources to save £115 mil- lion by 2050. It has been awarded £10.27 million of NIC funding, to which it will add almost £880,000. The two other project part- ners – SP Energy Networks and TNEI – will contributed more than £412,00. The project began last month and will end in April 2022. BLACK START AND OPTIMISE PRIME BLACK START PROCUREMENT OPTIMISE PRIME OPTIMISE PRIME, PROJECTED EV SALES BLACK START PROJECT TIMELINE Indicative project dates Phase 1: Development Phase 2: Demonstration Knowledge dissemination Procurement and regulation Organisation and systems Power engineering and trials Power direction Options Options Options Design Design Design Project co-ordination Reporting and engagement Reporting and engagement Regulatory changes via BAU process Refine – learn through feedback, demonstration exercises Confirm – proposals are tested and documented Project co-ordination Jan 2019 Jan 2020 Jan 2021 Jan 2022 Jul 2019 Jul 2020 Jul 2021 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Procurement Black Start capability 2018 2026 2034 2042 2050 Base case Method case 2018 2026 2034 2042 2050 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Borrowed capability Intermittent (T network) DER Gas Biomass Coal Other Storage/hydro Interconnector Projected number of EVs (thousands) 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Cenex analysis of Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Data for Hitachi, 2017 Commercial fleets Private purchase

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