tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70939138908368637552024-02-06T22:06:53.405-08:00Community Electricity MarketsCommunity and Local Energy MarketsClive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-53450838259005494682016-04-12T03:57:00.001-07:002016-04-12T03:59:53.117-07:00<h2>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15716122492692777215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-15361814913142913622015-02-19T07:16:00.001-08:002015-02-19T07:23:15.986-08:00Tesla’s plans for distributed electricity storage is a good sign for Community EnergyElon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors has recently announced plans to produce small scale lithium-ion batteries suitable for installation in homes or businesses. The introduction of such local level electricity storage would allow communities to store any excess energy they produce, which can then be released at times of peak demand. This US announcement follows recent UK Feed in Tariff generation statistics, which show a 29% increase in total Feed in Tariff installations, from December 2013 to December 2014. The UK total number of Feed in Tariff installations is currently 646, 281.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-58061949592911566572015-02-09T05:30:00.002-08:002015-02-09T05:30:52.375-08:00The next monster child of the Welfare State?At the <a href="http://localelectricitymarkets.blogspot.co.uk/2015_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Community Energy Markets Conference</a> the other week, several delegates picked up on <a href="http://www.bath.ac.uk/elec-eng/people/li/" target="_blank">Professor Furong Li’s</a> remark that future energy markets are likely to offer tiered prices reflecting tiers of quality of supply. For example, a price for locally generated electricity may be low, but the reliability of generation will be low as well. Conversely, we may have to get used to paying a premium for the security of supply that our national generation, transmission and distribution systems offer. <div>
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Let me turn that round and use it to reflect the present situation: in our supply network we have an essentially socialist institution, delivering quality of energy supply to everybody, regardless of their wealth. Even the hard-up person on a prepayment meter gets top quality supply when they pay for it.<br />We’re used to the National Health Service being the ravenous beast that threatens to consume all of our taxes. Post Carbon, will the National Electricity Service be the next cash-hungry monster to come after us?</div>
Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-46223361474875263002015-01-06T01:19:00.000-08:002015-02-13T01:56:07.439-08:00New Market Models for Community Energy Conference<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-1524651644506781312014-12-19T04:03:00.002-08:002014-12-19T04:03:45.510-08:00Community energy makes the headlinesDuring the development of party manifestos in the run-up to a general election it is always interesting to see what energy policy statements are made by the major political parties. <br /><br />This week Labour called for a ‘national community energy revolution’, which aims to shift power from the ‘Big Six’ energy companies to the ‘Big Six Thousand’ community energy projects supplying electricity directly to homes. The Shadow Energy Minister Caroline Flint said ‘Community Energy has huge potential for the future of our energy mix’. Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has previously championed Community energy stating that ‘We’re at a turning point in developing true community energy’. We previously wrote about Ed Davey’s comments on <a href="http://localelectricitymarkets.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/community-energy-ice-cream.html"><b>this blog</b></a>. We look forward to seeing how, when or indeed whether community energy plans are acted on, following the 2015 General Election. <br /><br />Our conference in January discusses how regulations should evolve to allow Community Energy to thrive, and how markets for Community Energy should develop. Speakers include Reg Platt from Ovo Energy, Merlin Hyman from, Regen SW, Christian Inglis from, Innovate UK and a representative from Open Utility. <b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-market-models-for-community-energy-tickets-14416485095?access=cem6874">Please follow this link for more information</a>.</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-34660429921613211082014-12-10T07:46:00.001-08:002014-12-10T07:46:25.058-08:00Christmas Lights<br />Do you have a neighbour who has <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30367548">covered their house in festive fairy lights for Christmas</a> ? Where are they getting the electricity from to power those lights? Here in the Old Cakehouse we are demonstrating a Community Electricity Market and our Christmas tree’s fairy lights are trading directly with our 250 W<span style="font-size: xx-small;">peak</span> solar panel. So our office looks festive at a fraction of the cost of buying from a “Big Six" (or even small) supplier.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-83459110434657291352014-09-26T01:02:00.001-07:002014-09-26T01:02:36.832-07:00Community energy ice creamCommunity energy, just like ice cream, seems nice to everyone, but it comes in a number of flavours. Some people have their own favourite flavour, but some just don't seem to care. The Rt Hon Ed Davey recently blessed the ice cream counter that is community energy, declaring that he was a big fan, and then proceeded to give his views on his particular favourite flavour. <a name='more'></a> He proposed a model whereby some local worthy running the local project collects all the locally produced electricity and then repackages it and sells it at a locally declared price. Maybe he does not realise that there are a number of options, or perhaps he does, and he believes that we would all like vanilla.<br />We were dismayed by his approach. Some of us actually like vanilla ice cream - that rich smooth creamy taste, with the exciting refreshing zest of the vanilla pod in it. What Mr Davey proposes is not even vanilla, it reminds us of school ice cream last century, made with non dairy vegetable fat and sprayed yellow to look authentic. We would name Mr Davey's flavour of community energy the <i>local Stalin model</i>. It is good for you, so do as you are told. We propose that if you generate your own power, you should sell it to whomever you choose, at whatever price you agree. What a flavour that would be - it could be clotted cream with raspberries, cherries and honeycomb. We call that a truly Local Energy Market. <br />If Mr Davey would like to contact us, we will gladly tell him how.<br />(Oh and by the way, local markets work. We like to know that ice cream is cheaper <i>and </i>better tasting in some shops than in others. For good ice cream see <a href="http://www.marshfield-icecream.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>.)Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-79757443001384244532014-08-27T11:06:00.000-07:002014-08-28T00:40:16.936-07:00UK Financial Conduct Authority nudges community groups towards LEMsUK Government <i>says </i>it’s keen to encourage localisation, including localising the provision of energy. The Government <i>said</i>, in its Community Energy Strategy of April 2014, that it sees a strong role for communities in helping the UK to meet energy and climate change challenges.<br />
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The Government’s modifications to its incentive regimen (feed-in-tariffs and renewable heat incentives) will support the deployment of community energy <i>generation</i>, but its strategy doesn’t encompass <i>supply</i>, so currently communities can <i>make </i>their own energy locally, but they can’t <i>sell </i>it locally. This is such a major flaw that we wonder how the Government expects real change in the price of energy to occur in the much derided current energy supply model, where outdated large centralised suppliers impose high prices on consumers.<br />
It now seems that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is joining the government in hampering the engagement of communities with their energy use. In the UK, co-operatives (aka mutual societies) are the normal business model for communities seeking to benefit from energy incentives. However <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/15/green-energy-co-ops-blocked-by-government-regulator">the FCA has recently refused to approve</a> a number of energy co-operatives, because it says there would not be enough member participation. To register a co-op, FCA rules require a mutual to show participation which it lists as “buying from or selling to the society”, “using the services or amenities provided by it” and “supplying services to carry out its business”. Just having a single power purchasing agreement to sell electricity generated from a community scheme doesn’t meet those criteria, the FCA reckons.<br />
The current FCA approach will severely limit the ability of communities to establish their energy projects. But what if prospective community energy co-operatives facilitated the trading of electricity (and/or heat), between their members, through a local energy market? The members could not only make their own electricity, but trade it within the community at locally set prices; so the co-operative would meet the FCA’s requirements.<br />
Local energy markets empower communities to make and use their own energy, creating a more sustainable and equitable power system and reducing reliance on the “Big Six” energy suppliers.Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-20960457579472790892014-05-21T06:39:00.000-07:002014-05-21T06:39:43.518-07:00EXSTORM results update: prices tracking abundanceEXSTORM's discrete-event simulation work continues to illuminate the behaviour of Local Energy Markets (LEMs), and of how free peer-to-peer markets (with energy prices set mutually between households or small businesses, in real time) work with different kinds of trading heuristic.<br />
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The blue dots show the varying abundance of locally generated energy, peaking around lunchtime (left hand scale, kW). The red dots show how much buyers are prepared to pay (right hand scale, £ per kWh). The green dots (same right hand scale) show vendors' offer price, which as you'd expect, tracks more or less the reciprocal of abundance.</div>
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Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-26288996010823768012014-04-21T05:04:00.000-07:002014-05-21T05:07:10.528-07:00Early EXSTORM results: performance of Generalized Derivative Follower price settingThe EXSTORM project is starting to deliver results. We've been running full-scale <i>in silico</i> simulations of local energy market trading, and testing the viability of different trading heuristics. For example, we've put a good deal of work into the possibilities of posted-price trading, and the various heuristics for setting offer-to-sell prices and buy-limit prices. <br />
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The blue lines show the abundance of energy in a LEM fluctuating (arbitrarily, for test purposes) between a large value, a small value and zero. The red dots show the sell-prices of five distributed-generation local vendors, and the green dots show five local buyers' ceiling prices (we limited the test run to ten participants, just to keep the snapshot clear: we usually run with 200 participants). You'll see how the participants' price expectations first moved to roughly align with each other, and then began to respond as an ensemble to the variation in energy abundance.Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-81566156266900820322014-04-08T06:29:00.000-07:002014-05-21T06:38:51.845-07:00Community energy and local markets<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The next phase is to move towards genuine local markets, where participants can trade between themselves at prices that they agree between themselves. This should be simple, but to trade electricity at a local level is so disruptive that only the brave will consider developing it. Think about the existing settlement system and the mind takes a marathon journey; add the complexities of smart meters and the problem is magnified. But in the broader energy mix, trading heat between households is quite a natural thing to do, and much simpler to measure and charge for.</span></div>
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Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-44835710678957070142014-02-19T11:13:00.001-08:002014-02-19T11:13:39.634-08:00We're recruiting nowAs we move into the next phase of our LEM concept development, we're looking for a <a href="http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIF175/developer-energy-system-simulation/" target="_blank">software developer</a> to build the software that bridges between advanced simulations and the first live LEM, here in our offices.<br />Could that be you?<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-62817304956012208072013-12-09T05:34:00.002-08:002013-12-09T06:06:52.201-08:00Success! Swanbarton secures funding for Local Energy Market StudyThe Technology Strategy Board has awarded Swanbarton Limited a grant through its Emerging Energy Technology competition to fund a 12 month feasibility study to assess the business models for electricity storage. This grant from the Technology Strategy Board will allow Swanbarton Limited to develop the results of an earlier project that demonstrated that local energy markets, which incorporated electricity storage, had significant economic benefits for participants. The project includes a simulation of and assessment of Business models for local energy markets while the inventive trading devices that will facilitate local energy trading, allowing households and businesses to buy and sell electricity among themselves, will be developed.<br /><br />Information on the Technology Strategy Board competition can be found <a href="http://bit.ly/1e0FSaG">here</a>. Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-25284408278272873032013-11-11T10:25:00.000-08:002013-11-12T00:55:22.635-08:00ApplesApples. There's a lot of them about at the moment, but where do you buy yours? Do you buy them from the "Big Five" - Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose? Or do you shop at your small local shop or do you perhaps collect your apples from your neighbour with plenty and make a donation in the "honesty box"? Strangely apples and electricity are not that different. We've talked before about <a href="http://www.nettrajectory.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-01-18T16:45:00Z&max-results=5&start=10&by-date=false)" target="_blank">the "honesty" approach to local electricity</a> and it seems the idea of local produce, local market is catching on at a high level. Greg Barker (Energy Minister) spoke recently on the Government's drive for Community Energy and seemed warm to the idea of <a href="http://localelectricitymarkets.blogspot.com/2013/11/beyond-silver-bullet.htm" target="_blank">local energy market</a>s. But is Government's idea of local energy markets what we envisage and would a local market in energy resolve some the current issues related to consumer bills?<br />
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Like apples, electricity can be purchased from the "Big Six" - British Gas, E.On, EDF, NPower, Scottish and Southern and Scottish Power, but unlike apples, there are very few other "local" suppliers of electricity and certainly no equivalent to the apple "honesty box" with your neighbour. Currently the Big Six are receiving considerable negative attention for their recent hikes in bills, with concerns about the impact on consumers, particularly those in fuel poverty.<br />
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The Big Six would like us to believe that it is the green taxes and line charges (and even the wholesale price of electricity) that push up the price of electricity, but largely the Big Six can repeatedly increase their charges to consumers because there is not true competition in the electricity market - a fact recognised by Ofgem's ongoing attempts to improve liquidity and transparency in the wholesale electricity market. The Big Six not only supply electricity, they also generate electricity, but often their generation never makes it onto the wholesale market, because they trade internally at prices not known to the wider world.<br />
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The Government is seeking to address the problem of rising electricity bills, not by increasing competition, but by reducing the green tax component of electricity bills. The green taxes represent 10% of a typical bill and to remove even some of this support for green energy approaches will impact on the development of a sustainable electricity system and impact adversely on those in fuel poverty, since some of the green taxes, through the ECO program, go to support energy efficiency programs in vulnerable households.<br />
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Local energy markets would empower local people not only to generate their own energy, but to sell energy too. When electrons can be made and sold locally in a genuine local energy market, just our apples are now, then we will have created a more efficient and fairer electricity system.<br />
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Posted by Dr Jill Cainey, SwanbartonClive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-61871870816096951692013-11-07T10:53:00.003-08:002013-11-07T10:57:27.043-08:00Beyond the silver bulletSo in his search for a silver bullet to cut the cost of energy, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/jun/29/greg-barker-local-energy-live-chat" target="_blank">our energy minister has turned to Local Energy Markets</a>. We like to think that we are considerably ahead of the curve with our thoughts and work in this area.<br />
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The minister said: 'I want local energy markets to take off just in the way the local food economy is growing. Just as people look to buy locally I want residents to adopt a local mindset for community scale renewables. <a href="http://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6582:developing-qlicence-liteq&catid=58:property-articles">Licence Lite </a>is being pioneered by the Greater London Authority, but I want to use that learning to roll this out around the country. I want to allow a new generation of small-scale local power producers to cut through the current complex electricity market regulations and sell direct to customers. Cutting red tape and bureaucracy to let in the electricity entrepreneurs is the way forward.'</blockquote>
While we admire the GLA for its pioneering work on Licence Lite, we think it should go further. Our model for a Local Energy Market that is truly <i>local </i>and really a <i>market </i>would give consumers the independence they need, and support cost reductions across the system. We think that in our adventurous business model, we have the golden bullet.</div>
Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-49709696847404307822013-10-15T12:00:00.002-07:002013-10-15T12:00:41.036-07:00Swanbarton’s LEMMA project sweeps the board at the TSB’s “Collaboration nation” day.Participants in the recent TSB collaborative programme on 17th July 2013 were invited to present the results of their projects and the audience were invited to vote on each of the presentations. <a href="http://www.switchnewmedia.com/cn2013/VOD/Swanbarton_Video.htm">Swanbarton’s presentation</a> was placed first in the afternoon session.<div class="MsoNormal">
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Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-68173899589031156252013-05-16T03:56:00.002-07:002013-05-16T03:56:37.959-07:00Summary proceedings of the inaugural Local Energy Markets ConferenceIf you'd like a copy of the brief proceedings of this very interesting day, <a href="mailto:info@localenergymarkets.com">just email us</a>. Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-2532514537839087872013-05-15T01:24:00.003-07:002013-05-15T01:24:55.512-07:00The London Local Energy Market Conference yesterday was well-attended and lively. We'll post notes from the conference here, over the next few days.Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-69272357900726126252013-04-17T00:17:00.005-07:002013-10-26T09:09:18.202-07:00Inaugural Local Energy Markets Conference: programme and ticketsInaugural Local Energy Markets Conference<br /> Will Local Electricity Markets transform our Power Networks?<br /> Central Hall, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London, SW1H 9NH<br />14 May 2013: 10:30 am to 3:00 pm<br /><br /><div>
<a name='more'></a>The regulatory and commercial structure of the electricity market provides a reliable supply of electricity to consumers in 2013. In the coming years, increases in distributed and renewable generation, as well as increased use of energy intensive devices such as electric heating, heat pumps, and electric vehicles are forecast to impact heavily on the design and operation of electricity networks. The advent of active network management, coupled with advances in metering and data management, offer new techniques for managing the system. However, it’s not clear that these measures will be sufficient to ensure continuing security of supply.<br /><br /><div>
A local energy market would enable individual consumers become active participants in buying and selling electricity. Benefits include lower energy costs, reduced system operating costs and more efficient connection and use of distributed resources.<br /><br />Clearly such markets would be disruptive, but they may be the next step in the development of the GB low carbon power system to accommodate the rise in distributed generation. Therefore this conference presents the findings of a joint study between Swanbarton and IPL Information Processing Limited. The recently completed study was supported by a grant from the Technology Strategy Board, under its Smart Power and Distribution initiative. The study analysed the technical, social, regulatory and economic feasibility of local energy markets, and drew some very positive conclusions.<br /></div>
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The conference also includes presentations from organisations with interests in local energy markets, including a DNO, Smart Grid proponents and regulators.<br /></div>
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Delegates are required to register through the Eventbrite website and a small charge is made to defray the costs of the meeting. If the charge for registration is a barrier to attending, then please contact us.<br /><br />The event will be of interest to those active in the areas of smart grids, network design and management, sustainable energy, community energy projects and the low carbon economy. It is also relevant to suppliers or developers of distributed generation and storage, and electricity aggregators and suppliers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> AGENDA<br /><br /><br /><br /> Will Local Electricity Markets transform our Power Networks?<br /> Tuesday 14 May 2013<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Central Hall, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, London, SW1H 9NH <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />10:00 Registration and Refreshments <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />10:30 Introduction and welcome: John Scott, Chiltern Power<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />10:40 Local generation and the problems faced by DNOs John Hayling, UKPN<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />11:00 An introduction to the LEMMA project: Anthony Price, Swanbarton <br /><br /><br /> <br />Local electricity markets <br />Concept <br />Theory of operation <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />11:20 Smarter use of the Network Bob Currie, Smarter Grid Solutions <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />11:40 The ICT requirements: Joe Handford,IPL Ltd<br /><br /><br /> <br />An example of a use case study <br />Modelling communication requirements <br />Assessment of ICT feasibility <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />12:00 Support for Smart Distribution Projects Christian Inglis, Technology Strategy Board<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />12:10 Panel Discussion: - chaired by John Scott<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />12:30 Lunch<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />13:30 Impact of Local Markets Clive Tomlinson, Net Trajectory Ltd<br /><br /><br /> <br />Modelling power and money <br />Financial benefits: scale and impact <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />13:50 Regulatory Issues Associated with Local Markets Jill Cainey, Swanbarton<br /><br /><br /> <br />Regulatory landscape <br />Licensing issues <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />14:10 The Role of Smarter Markets in UK Invited speakers (DECC and OFGEM)<br /><br /><br /> <br />Benefits <br />Timescales for deployment <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />14:30 Panel Discussion - chaired by John Scott <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />15:00 Close and Refreshments<br /><br /><br /> <br /> <a href="http://localenergymarkets.eventbrite.co.uk/#">For tickets, follow this link.</a></div>
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Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-76760330788271177312013-04-05T05:29:00.000-07:002013-04-05T05:29:42.362-07:00Inaugural Local Energy Market Conference: date and venue<i>Inaugural Local Energy Market Conference</i><b><br /></b><div>
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If you’d like to be invited to the event, please register with our <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Local-Energy-Markets-4842118">Local EnergyMarkets</a> group on Linked In.</div>
Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-40976797071397158042013-02-13T14:06:00.002-08:002013-02-13T14:06:36.847-08:00Results to be presented<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The LEMMA research project will be presenting results to industry in the second quarter
of 2013. The team will share analyses of the economic benefits, the ICT
infrastructure requirements, and the regulatory impact. If you’d like to be
invited to the dissemination event, please register with our <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Local-Energy-Markets-4842118" target="_blank">Local EnergyMarkets</a> group on Linked In.</span>Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-81751169080770445582013-02-13T14:01:00.003-08:002013-02-13T14:04:14.964-08:00Linked In groupTo stay in touch with the LEMMA team, please join our Linked In Group <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Local-Energy-Markets-4842118" target="_blank">here</a>.Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093913890836863755.post-16674434205757135992013-01-07T04:13:00.000-08:002013-10-16T07:49:03.781-07:00Introducing the LEMMA projectLEMMA (Local Energy Markets Modelling and Analysis) is a project led by smart energy specialists <a href="http://www.swanbarton.com/">Swanbarton </a>, with high-integrity software house <a href="http://www.ipl.com/">IPL</a> and supported by funding from the Technology Strategy Board.<a name='more'></a><br />
The project is exploring innovative approaches to local power
generation and distribution, and address the challenges in enabling local renewable energy
generators to maximise their production without the need for local feeder reinforcement.<br />
Neil Morgan, Head of Energy at the Technology Strategy Board, said: “We are delighted to support the joint proposal from Swanbarton and IPL. Their examination of the viability of Local Energy Markets has the potential to lead to both lower energy costs and a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide. We look forward to seeing the results of the study.”Clive Tomlinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17598871267026639127noreply@blogger.com