I offer Electricity Systems Expertise to support the development of the new radical mechanisms required for the future and to enable the consequent integration of the Energy Sectors.

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I spent many years with the CEGB then National Grid, working in the fields of generation, system operation and the development of models for Generation Economics - Commitment, Scheduling, Dispatch and Ancillary services with the associated representation of Demand, Fuel, Market, Transmission and Interconnection systems (IC). I have studied the characteristics of renewable and distributed generation and their 'drivers', in particular issues of output predictability at different lead timescales, the potential for storage, plus the ability of ICT to provide effective monitoring and trading/control of distributed resources (DER).

The Power System of the Future will be radically different, with penetration of unpredictable variable output renewables.  We have a lot of potential new technology and control mechanisms to utilise.  

We need to determine what combination of Generation (Big+Little), Storage, Distributed Resources management, Interconnection trading, Ancillary services provision and Transmission/Distribution management will deliver the goods as regards safe, secure, efficient, and economic operation with reduced fossil fuel burn.  All parts of the electricity business are involved; generation, supply, transmission, distribution, system operation and the market, together with the customer, in a commercial/technical framework in which the target can be hit while maintaining system security, quality of supply and accuracy of settlement. Better commercial and technical interfaces are required between member states and across Interconnectors between Electricity Pools.  This forms the 'Smart Enterprise', incorporating Smart Grid and Smart Meter initiatives.

We also need to run the full simulation of heat/cooling provision, again back to the fuel inputs and with emissions calculations, with the various proposed changes to energy sources (boilers vs heat pumps vs CHP etc) covered.

To cover the proposed large scale introduction of Electric vehicles, we need to also have the full Vehicle Internal Combustion model (Well to Exhaust), again to produce fuel burn and emissions data and compare with the EV equivalent (Coal/GasBeach/Nuclear to exhaust ).

As part of online forum discussions on Electric Vehicle integration, we managed to develop workable strategies, using exchangeable vehicle batteries, for systems with different types of large scale renewables penetration (Distributed PV or Centralised Big Wind).

Obviously, each scenario will represent different data exchanges between the three main energy sector simulations.

This whole exercise will determine the value of each scenario and thus allow the correct judgements to be made as regards practicability, impact and cost.