Strategy for digitalising the Great Britain energy system to spur
innovation, reduce bills and drive decarbonisation.
Digitalising our energy
system for net zero: strategy and action plan 2021
Energy Digitalisation
Taskforce report: joint response by BEIS, Ofgem and Innovate
UK
Details
The Energy Digitalisation Strategy, developed by the government,
Ofgem and Innovate UK in coordination with the energy sector,
sets out a vision and suite of policies to digitalise the energy
system. Digitalisation will enable millions of low carbon assets,
including solar PV, electric
vehicles and heat pumps, to be optimised across our energy
system.
The strategy has 3 key areas of focus:
- providing leadership and coordination
- ensuring regulation and policies incentivise digitalisation
- collaborating with the sector to develop digital tools and
infrastructure
It aims to spur innovation and competition, facilitate new
consumer offers, and reduce the cost of decarbonising the energy
system.
Update: 19 July 2022
As referenced in the strategy, the Energy Digitalisation
Taskforce was commissioned to build momentum and deepen policy
understanding about the energy sector’s journey to
digitalisation.
Their report - Delivering
a Digitalised Energy System - represents a key milestone,
building on the work of the Data Taskforce, and the
recommendations form a critical launchpad for further action and
exploratory work.
BEIS, Ofgem and Innovate UK have published their joint response
here to the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce’s report,
highlighting progress and setting out next steps for future work.
See the related Smart Systems and
Flexibility Plan which sets out how we can enable a smart,
flexible, decarbonised energy system.
