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We’ve teamed up with Edie to produce a simple guide about Demand Side Response. So what is Demand Side Response or DSR?

We’ve become one of six founding members to collaborate with the Association for Decentralised Energy to create a new compliance scheme and code of conduct for DSR providers.

Following a report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) earlier this month calling for the UK to adopt a net-zero emissions target by 2050, it’s interesting to see impressive progress at opposite ends of the country.

Today, Ofgem have announced delays to implementation to its Future Charging and Access reforms, which includes Ofgem’s proposed Targeted Charging Review (TCR). They’ve announced the following delays

The energy management expertise provided by Energy HQs Energy Manager on site, resulted in a 10.5% energy reduction against baseline figures. The success achieved helped to secure a new contract.

According to the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), as much as 9.8 gigawatts of the UK’s peak electricity requirement could be provided by businesses being flexible in their energy demand. This amounts to nearly 20% of the peak energy demand over winter 2018/19.

BSUoS costs recover the cost of day-to-day operation of the transmission system. Generators, suppliers and end users are liable for these costs, which are calculated on a half hourly basis. 

According to an estimate by Digiconomist, using blockchain for the energy-intensive process of bitcoin mining and transactions is around 30.14 TWh a year.

That’s more than the annual consumption of 19 European countries.

Per bitcoin, it equates to almost 300KWh of electricity – enough to boil around 36,000 kettles full of water.