TNEI’s Power Systems Team has recently started work on a Technology and Market Foresighting Study for Scottish Enterprise, with the aim of assisting Scottish Enterprise to gain a thorough understanding of the potential technologies that may be used to alleviate grid constraints and enable the continued integration of renewable energy generation onto the networks. The study will then identify those technologies that are most promising and the risks and issues associated with the technologies. The study will include a market analysis of the proposed options and a case study focussing on marine renewable energy in Scotland. The categories of technology options to be analysed are as follows:
- Upgrading the existing network “ i.e. reinforcement;
- Interconnection with other countries;
- Demand side management;
- Adding flexible generation to the grid; and
- Incorporating storage into the system.
This piece of work builds on TNEI’s strong track record in delivering innovation projects such as Low Carbon Network Fund projects and combines this with techno-economic and socio-economic analysis, such as TNEI’s contribution to the recent DECC Scottish Islands report. We are delighted to be working with Scottish Enterprise on this project and contributing to the renewables agenda in Scotland.
