Erik Nygard is a Co-Founder at Limejump Ltd. He is responsible for strategy and business development and has substantial experience in electricity trading, hedging and optimisation.
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TECH START UP TURNED UTILITY – EMPOWERING CUSTOMERS WITH DATA TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR ENERGY - ERIK NYGARD
1. Tech Start Up Turned Utility – Empowering customers
with data to take control of their energy.
ERIK NYGARD
2. Big Data is a Catalyst
For Energy Market
Shi
#Shi Happens
3. UK ANNUAL POWER GENERATION – TODAY
Coal Gas Nuclear Wind DG Wind Solar
Total generation equals demand
126TWh 76TWh 71TWh 26TWh 22TWh 7TWh 6
TRANSMISSION CONNECTED DISTRIBUTION CONNECTED
Estimated data based on: BM Reports / National Grid Future Energy Scenarios Jul 15
4. UK FLEXIBLE POWER CAPACITY – TODAY
Nuclear
7GB
DG Wind SolarCoal
9GB
Gas
53GB
Wind
200GB
4.9GW 1.8GW 0.2GW
29GW 18GW 10GW 9GW 12GW 9GW 7
Flexible generation follows demand
Demand
(Businesses)
86 GB
Very limited flexibility
Flex 0.2GW / Total 38GW
Estimated data based on: BM Reports / National Grid Future Energy Scenarios Jul 15, Ecofys - Flexibility options in Electricity System
TRANSMISSION CONNECTED DISTRIBUTION CONNECTED
FLEXIBLE CAPACITY:
YEARLY DATA
OUTPUT:
5. UK DATA GENERATION – DAILY OUTPUT
1GB
UK Electricity Grid
Indicative figures
6. UK DATA GENERATION – DAILY OUTPUT
1GB
UK Electricity Grid
10,000GB
Social Media Platform
(UK only)
Indicative figures
7. THERE IS HUGE POTENTIAL WITHIN THIS DATA
Customers
are compensated for
their flexibility.
Inactive customers are
empowered to be
in control of their energy.
Additional flexibility on the
network will allow increased
renewable generation.
8. MASS INTEGRATION OF WIND AND SOLAR BY 2030 – MORE FLEXIBILTY NEEDED IN UK GRID
Wind Nuclear Gas Coal DG WindSolar
28TWh 17TWh105TWh 72TWh 0 74TWh 22TWh
Estimated data based on: BM Reports / National Grid Future Energy Scenarios Jul 15
TRANSMISSION CONNECTED DISTRIBUTION CONNECTED
9. A SHIFT IN FLEXIBILTY IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SYSTEM BALANCE BY 2030 IN UK GRID
Wind
799 GB
Gas
75 GB
Nuclear
10 GB
Coal Solar DG
590,354 GB
Wind
11GW 8GW40GW 27GW 0 23GW 13GW
0.8GW 4.5GW 1.2GW 4.5GW 0.2GW
Demand
(Businesses and Homes)
98,397,786 GB
New flexibility
Flex 6.6GW / Total 44GW
Estimated data based on: BM Reports / National Grid Future Energy Scenarios Jul 15, Ecofys - Flexibility options in Electricity System
TRANSMISSION CONNECTED DISTRIBUTION CONNECTED
FLEXIBLE CAPACITY:
YEARLY DATA
OUTPUT:
10. UK DATA GENERATION – BY 2030
270,000GB
UK Electricity Grid
2030
10,000GB
Social Media
Platform
UK Today
UK Electricity Grid
Today
1GB
Indicative figures
12. WHAT THIS MEANS TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS
Keeps lights on for 1,178
households for an hour
1,000s in new revenue
Intuitive online platform
UK’s No1 Ice Leisure Provider
2Mb of data per day
Turn off chillers for short
periods of time
13. ECONOMIC AND CARBON BENEFITS OF SCALING UP VPPs
1 year of calling upon a VPP versus a large
fossil fuel plant equates to over 95% savings
in CO2 emissions which is equivalent to
70,000 tonnes of carbon.
Delays costly and carbon-intensive
reinforcement for distribution and
transmission networks.