Distribution network operator (DNO) SP Energy Networks has formed a strategic partnership with research and development centre Energy System Catapult to unlock whole system thinking.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has partnered Dundee City Council for its Regional Energy System Optimisation Planning (RESOP) project.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has released its Innovation Strategies, prioritising five areas that require advances in the electricity system to help it decarbonise and develop.
A general lack of collaborative thinking, particularly in relation to whole system solutions, could hold back network innovation, the sector has been warned.
Researchers at Imperial College London have warned against the use of renewable energy models that fail to take into account the reliability of supply.
