Demand response and demand flexibility\u2014shifting demand to intervals\u00a0where electricity is abundant and cheap, and away from when the grid is constrained or power is expensive and dirty\u2014can help keep prices down, optimize the grid overall, and help us integrate more renewable supply into grid power while displacing more fossil fuels. Until recently, this has mainly meant doing simple things like turning off loads during the on-peak intervals of time of use rates. But now new technologies are coming to the grid, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the so-called Internet of Things, which could let us moderate loads and operate grid assets in a much more intelligent, precise, and dynamic fashion, taking grid optimization to a new level and reducing the need for peaking resources.<\/p>\n
But this is all quite new, and how we\u2019re going to implement it, and what it may require, largely remains to be seen. In this episode we\u2019ll talk with Sara Bell, founder of Tempus Energy, and get a little insight into how some early pilots of these technologies are working in the UK and South Australia. We\u2019ll also get an inside view of her campaign to revise the design of the capacity market in the UK, so that it actually benefits consumers in accordance with the law, rather than distorting markets in favor of fossil fuel incumbents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How can artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things turn demand flexibility into a core grid asset and displace fossil fuels?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[373,237,371,112,374,372,376,115,375,377,359],"class_list":["post-1413","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-capacity-markets","tag-demand-flexibility","tag-demand-response","tag-internet-of-things","tag-machine-learning","tag-south-australia","tag-storage","tag-tempus-energy","tag-uk","tag-wholesale-markets","xen_guests-sara-bell"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n