NOBEL GRID partner, Carbon Co-op organises in collaboration with the University of Manchester, the conference “Hacking the Energy System” next 4th November in Manchester.
A one conference of discussion and collaboration on future energy system opportunities, innovation and change.
“It will be an opportunity for key players within energy system to discuss the change, challenges and opportunities ahead”, explained the organisers.
The aim of the conference is to share knowledge and experience, catalyse new collaborations and document keys ‘asks’ from the sector around regulatory change with a documentation from the event being submitted to Ofgem and BEIS’s call for evidence on the future of smart energy systems.
The event will be followed by the Manchester launch of Nobel Grid, a European-wide smart grids project of which Carbon Co-op and University of Manchester are partners.
A wise range of audiences will attend Local Authorities, Energy Retail Companies, Community Energy organisations, academics, grid organisations, start ups, technology startup companies.
As Carbon Co-op explained, the energy system is changing fast, with traditional roles starting to blend, mix and reshape; driven by:
- Ever more ambitious carbon reduction targets
- Increasing amounts of distributed generation
- New technologies in the fields of battery storage, electric vehicles, local generation, electrified heat, smart meters and grid
- A proliferation of new entrants in to energy retailing including municipal energy companies
- A broad based community energy sector, increasingly looking for new business models including direct supply to local people
Against this backdrop the governance and regulatory environment has been slow to change in particular in the fields of generation and energy efficiency.
