The electricity system is losing key characteristics inherent in conventional generation, which have underpinned the operation of power grids since their inception highly available, highly controllable, high inertia. These characteristics now need to be supplemented by other methods.

In this episode of The Electricity Exchange, we discuss how, enabled by technology, electricity customers can serve as a flexible source of these characteristics and form a key part of the mosaic of solutions needed to decarbonise, while delivering value back to said customers.

Joining Paddy Finn are Ellen Diskin, Head of the National Network, Local Connections Programme at ESB Networks, and Jon Sedgwick, Head of Market Operations at VIOTAS. Together the panel discuss how this traditionally oneway system must become a smart twoway relationship between generation and demand, through Demand Response participation and enhanced grid flexibility.

The Electricity Exchange is a series of discussions hosted by Dr Paddy Finn, VIOTAS CEO & CTO. Together with industry experts, Paddy and guests analyse and discuss a wide variety of topics related to electricity, the energy landscape and what the future may look like.

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