FlexNet - Deliverables and Exploitation

FlexNet will put in place a substantial body of work to build on the achievements of FutureNet and lay out the major steps - technical, economic, market design, public acceptance and others - that will lead to flexible networks, including starting to showcase these so that they can be taken up by the commercial sector, Government and Regulators for practical implementation.

As with FutureNet, we expect FlexNet to provide the research that forms the basis of policy advice. The FutureNet team provided inputs to the UK government's Energy Review, the UKERC assessment of Intermittency, evidence to select committees of parliament and submissions to OFGEM consultations. FlexNet will continue this service.

At the heart of FlexNet is a research programme to underpin a major change in the design and operating philosophy of networks. The analysis and verification studies that are underpinning this will be published in leading academic journals and showcased to a wide range of industry and other stakeholders.