UKPN releases curtailment information for renewables

UK Energy Networks has revealed detailed information on the curtailment historical past inside its community.

This transparency initiative goals to offer insights into when and why distributed power sources endure curtailment, permitting for a extra environment friendly integration of renewable power into clients’ properties.

For the reason that introduction of versatile connections in 2014, the corporate has acknowledged the occasional curtailment of exported power to take care of community security.

Following the launch of the unbiased DSO in Could 2023, devoted information and operations groups have been working to grasp and cut back the curtailment course of.

DSO Director Sotiris Georgiopoulos stated: “We all know turbines need to get as a lot of the power they produce, onto the community and that’s precisely what we’re doing.

“By gaining a very clear understanding of precisely what’s taking place after which working with our clients we’ve been in a position to ship a big drop within the quantity and period of curtailment.

“We strongly consider within the precept of opening up our information and we’re opening up granular curtailment reporting, to launch information on precisely how a lot spare capability is offered at every Grid Provide Level and what number of tasks have already requested a brand new connection supporting clients by sharing extra information and finally getting extra renewable power into folks’s properties at decrease value.”