Discovery CoolDown
CoolDown discovery project
CoolDown will, for the first time, explore the impact of cooling on network capacity by producing improved uptake and demand projections as well as developing novel commercial models to incentivise and unlock space cooling flexibility, reducing network reinforcement requirements and optimising value for customers.
Electricity North West began delivery of this two-month project in March 2024 alongside partners University College London and Guidehouse Europe.
The Discovery phase will:
- Establish bounds for space cooling uptake across offices, retail and domestic spaces, distribution network space cooling demand on a peak summer day and potential impact of space cooling demand response on space cooling demand.
- Explore network impact of increased space cooling demand and establish inputs to the space cooling demand response business case.
- Identify current domestic and international space cooling demand response landscape and best practises.
- Create longlist of potential commercial models for network space cooling demand response and identify any barriers to deployment.
For more information, please see the project registration page on ENA’s Smarter Networks Portal.