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Sponsored report: CGI energy flexibility
Key FINDINgS:
l Respondents believe that the flexibility in
the power system must more than double
in the next 14 years, from a current level of
4 out of a possible 10 to 8.4 by 2030.
l There is little doubt of the strategic signifi-
cance of flexibility by 2030, rated 9.1 out of
a possible 10.
l The key drivers for greater flexibility in the
power system are:
• constraints management;
• new business opportunities;
• balancing the system;
• demand-side flexibility, which is seen as
the most important aspect of flexibility.
l The greatest opportunities arising from
flexibility in the power system are:
• Demand-side flexibility
o demand-side flexibility sharing be-
tween DNOs and the system operator;
o selling industrial and commercial
demand-side flexibility;
o the creation of a more central market
platform for trading demand-side
flexibility.
• Storage
o the ability to manage intermittent
generation patterns and demand vari-
ability;
o grid stability services;
o the ability to provide an alternative to
traditional network performance.
l The greatest barriers to flexibility in the
power system are:
• Demand-side flexibility
o lack of a commercial/market frame-
work to optimise demand-side flex-
ibility;
o commercial and regulatory barriers in
the existing market arrangements for
demand-side flexibility;
o policy framework.
• Storage
o the cost of storage solutions;
o the structure of balancing services;
o the classification of storage as a gen-
eration activity;
o there is a strong belief that intercon-
nection will play a significant role in
energy security by 2030 – 82 per cent
of respondents agreed.
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Do you think interconnection will play a
significant role in energy security in 2030?
20%
80%
25%
75%
Aggregator energy company
18%
82%
12%
88%
overall Dno
n Yes n No
4.4
8.5
Average rating out of 10, where 10 is extremely flexible
n Current level of flexibility n Required level of flexibility by 2030
how woulD you rate the current level of
flexibility in the system anD where Does it neeD
to be by 2030?
4.0
8.4
3.8
8.1
3.9
9.0
overall
Dno
Aggregator
energy company
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