@StemShow@M1SJE@krakentech@OctopusEnergy@g__j@StemShow it may be sooner than you think. With EVs alone, we went from 600 cars to 115k in under 2 years, that's almost a GW of power spread across the edge of the network. Pretty powerful tool for managing grid stability.
@krakentech keeping lights on💡during Christmas 🎄
👉🏼 Today, the power line ⚡️connecting UK 🇬🇧 & France 🇫🇷 tripped
👉🏼 Within a sec, UK lost 1GW (1m homes 🏡 worth)
Kraken 🐙 in <1 generated 400MW ⚡️from batteries 🔋 on the platform, keeping the lights on 💡
@OctopusEnergy
@TheJAMF@krakentech@OctopusEnergy -400MW on the graph is the cumulative export from the batteries, making up for part of the shortfall from losing the interconnector
@jezyez@krakentech@OctopusEnergy I have not heard of a secondary trip or an outage. My suspicion is the batteries delivering different types of frequency regulation service (there are 3) getting activated over the period. But, worth a deeper look
@IanHailey@krakentech@OctopusEnergy@IanHailey these were large grid connected batteries. In events like these, devices need to respond extremely fast.
We have a sizeable portfolio of consumer devices, 115k and growing. They are great for shifting charging to match renewable generation and supporting networks.
@NoSheds @krakentech@OctopusEnergy Power generation and demand needs to be in balance every second of the day to maintain a 50Hz frequency which is the frequency that all our electrical and electronic equipment is designed to operate at.
If there is oversupply, then the frequency goes up, or vice versa.
@M1SJE@krakentech@OctopusEnergy@g__j@M1SJE we need both.
Big batteries are great at very fast response. They are highly available and fast when needed to stabilise the grid.
Residential batteries are great. Better suited for balancing renewable generation and supporting the distribution grid.
#SavingSessions are just the beginning. @shocky100 , Octopus’s Head of Global Flexibility, and @dcelal, the CEO of KrakenFlex discuss the huge implications of saving sessions on a future flexible energy system 👉 https://t.co/GrqpcwAdZs
Depsys has joined @kraken_flex 🎉supercharging ⚡️our product.
We can now 👀 deep into #LVnetwork
✅ manage faults
✅ monitor power quality
✅ model power flows
This is critical to make #energytransition affordable, #griddigitalisation is 7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ x cheaper 💸 than reinforcement
Great week at #enlit2022 with amazing #Kraken team. 🥇major international conference.
⚡ @g__j delivered a passionate keynote
🌟 Excellent panels by @lboogiebeers@MarciaPoletti
⭐️ I talked about role of tech in #FutureEnergySystem
💪 Great presence at venue & across Frankfurt
@AndrewRendel @kraken_flex @OctopusEnergy Hi @AndrewRendel, a number of different things coming together at the same time:
1. Growing installed base of EVs, large scale batteries, etc,
2. Higher penetration of renewables driving the requirement for more flexibility
3. Availability of tech that use 1 to deliver 2 😀