Govt. supports the development of dynamic electricity control technology
Dynamic demand control is a technology that can be incorporated into electrical appliances that enables them to provide important services to the electricity grid such as smoothing peaks in consumer demand and continuous second-to-second balancing of that demand and the output from power stations.
The Government's report - 'Government Response to Clause 18 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act' - identifies encouraging evidence as to the potential of dynamic demand to increase the efficient operation of generation, reduce the costs of operating the electricity grid and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses.
The report considers potential barriers to the uptake of the technology and reviews possible support measures. The Secretary of State supports the development of dynamic control technology in principle, subject to conformation of the technology’s potential by the comprehensive analysis currently in hand.
However, the Secretary of State is of the view that it would not be appropriate to take any steps to promote the technology until such time as the results of this analysis are available and have been evaluated.
The full report is available below