Groundbreaking innovation projects set to bolster energy security and decarbonisation the focus at Energy Innovation Summit

At last week’s Energy Innovation Summit in Glasgow, organisations from across the energy sector came together to discuss and highlight groundbreaking projects aimed at steering Great Britain toward a secure, affordable and zero carbon future. The event highlighted the critical role of innovation in overcoming the challenges of transitioning to a sustainable energy system.

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At the event, Claudia Centazzo, Innovation Portfolio Manager at NESO, joined the opening panel with Marzia Zafar, Deputy Director of Governance for Data & Digitalisation at Ofgem and Guy Newey, CEO at Energy Systems Catapult, to discuss how to break down barriers to innovation. This is vital to maximise the potential of innovation and leverage the wealth of expertise across Great Britain.  

This was further stressed by Darren Holyoake, Head of Delivery, Digital, Data & Technology at NESO, during a panel session on maintaining resilience in a changing energy system to deliver clean power by 2030.

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Highlighting NESO’s innovation projects 

Events like these are great opportunities to showcase our standout innovation projects that are enabling more people to take part in energy flexibility, improving the resilience of our energy network and helping decarbonise the system. 

Roya Ahmadi, Volta Programme Manager at NESO, had the opportunity to share the latest update on our Volta Programme, which is at the forefront of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionise the energy system by enhancing decision-making and operational efficiency in our control room. 

Joanna Webb, Stakeholder Engagement Lead for CrowdFlex, shared how the project is is investigating the potential of domestic flexibility, where consumers adapt their electricity usage, or make their electric vehicle available for automated control, and talked through the results from recent trials and surveys.  

Megan McNeill, NESO’s Powering Wales Renewably Manager, outlined how our Powering Wales Renewably project is building an innovative digital twin of the entire Welsh energy system. This cutting-edge project will accelerate the delivery of generation, bolster energy security in Wales and is projected to deliver £58.5m worth of savings on consumer bills between 2030 and 2035. 

Innovate with NESO 

If you are an innovator in Great Britain committed to addressing industry challenges, get involved to help transform the energy landscape. We want to work with startups, scaling businesses and creative thinkers on groundbreaking ideas for achieving a secure, affordable, zero carbon future. If you have an innovate idea and want to collaborate with us to make it a reality, submit your project via the Big Ideas form by 24 December. 

Find out more about our open call to industry in the video below.

Innovate with NESO