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Demand Side Response (DSR)

Beat winter energy market volatility with an efficient and cost effective way to reduce electricity consumption at times of peak demand. 

What is Demand Side Response?

Demand Side Response or DSR  is a deliberate process that allows energy users to reduce electricity consumption at peak demand times  by pausing or reducing consumption, changing the times when electricity is consumed or offsetting your import through flexible on-site assets. 

You can increase your consumption when demand is low, or when your supply from renewable sources is higher. Battery storage can also be a great addition, giving you a stored supply to use when you need it or sell power back to the grid.

How does DSR work?

When you connect to our virtual power plant DSR system you can track and manage sources of flexibility in your existing energy assets and take valuable action that will reduce carbon and cut costs and generate revenue.

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What are the benefits of Demand Side Response?

Avoid peak energy charges

DSR allows you to reduce your energy costs by flexing the times energy is consumed. Plus with our market access product you'll receive a benefit payment for the selling power from your demand reduction to the short term energy market.

Generate additional income

On top of market access payments, you could also be eligible to participate in the capacity market, driving revenue by reducing demand during system stress events, and future flexibility services such as positive and negative reserve.

Support net zero goals

If you're serious about environmental responsibility, DSR is a natural choice. Supporting the move towards a a low carbon energy system, boosting your net zero ambitions and supporting balanced demand in the national grid.

Maximising your existing assets

Our market access product has been designed to maximise the benefits you get from connecting to our demand side response service. It not only provides a benefit payment for the energy you sell back to the grid. It also helps to support a more resilient energy system by balancing supply and demand to achieve greater efficiency overall. 

Market access could multiply your revenue streams by allowing large energy users to profit from energy market volitility.

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How does DSR support balance in the energy system?

Whilst demand on the grid is a problem for the energy industry,  DSR  can be a great financial and sustainable opportunity for your business which actually helps to balance demand across the whole grid. The grid must ensure that there's always as much power generated to meet consumer needs, meaning there should never be more than 1% of fluctuation on either side of a grid frequency of 50Hz.

When you implement DSR, you're using energy intelligently, minimising your consumption, to help balance the system and returning excess back to be used elsewhere. DSR allows you to take advantage of the supply and demand in the energy market and create financial and environmental wins for your business.

Is DSR right for your business?

DSR is most appropriate for highly energy intensive industries, consuming large amounts of power day-to day. You'll need to be able to flex your power generation or consumption quickly as often as possible to balance the grid and avoid blackouts. Our virtual power plant is the technology that allows this to happen automatically, making the whole process effortless for your business.

DSR vs DSM

Whilst demand side response (DSR) addresses immediate fluctuations in energy demand, demand side management (DSM) can support your longer term energy efficiency goals too. We can support with both short and long term solutions for managing your energy use. For us demand side management starts with energy audits and assements that can help us create an energy management plan for your business, that may suggest things like integrating our energy management platform optimum, installing energy saving renewable technologies like solar, wind or heat pumps and many other ways to become a more energy efficient business.

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Talk to us about demand side response

Our team of experts will connect you to our network – with no disruption to your core business – to help you find sources of flexibility in your on-site generation and storage. All taken care of by our remote 24/7 control.