Blue Light
- Status:
- Live
- Project Reference Number:
- NIA_UKPN0102
- STRATEGY THEME:
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- Whole energy systems
- START DATE:
- END DATE:
Project summary
- Funding Licensee(s):
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- UKPN - Eastern Power Networks Plc
- UKPN - South Eastern Power Networks Plc
- Funding mechanism:
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- NIA_RIIO-2
- Technology:
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- Carbon Emission Reduction Technologies
- Distributed Generation
- Electric Vehicles
- Heat Pumps
- Expenditure:
- £1,188,442
Blue Light aims to allow DNOs to enable the decarbonisation of the emergency services in a more efficient and collaborative way. The project intends to streamline the connections process and enhance visibility of connection requirements for emergency services and the DNO, and support network planning and reinforcement. The project will involve research and engagement with emergency services followed by the design and development of a solution. This self-serve solution will allow them to input electrification plans and offer information, including headroom against connection capacity now and over time, and provide optimisation options to reduce costs and ensure resilience. This will provide the DNO with a solution to help emergency services decarbonise efficiently and foster collaboration with stakeholders who have not been traditional customers of connections.
Benefits
The scope of this project is to provide a new solution for emergency services organisations and DNOs. The project will deliver clear benefits to DNOs through improving the quality of connection applications, thereby reducing the time required to process and iterate applications. The project is also likely to accelerate the decarbonisation of the emergency services, giving them enhanced visibility of their headroom and the options they must improve their plans.
Data gathered during the trial will be kept securely and deleted within a suitable timeframe in accordance with data protection requirements. In compliance with GDPR requirements anonymised and aggregated data only, will be included in project reports for wider distribution.
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