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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 sectors 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 Taskforces 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.