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Inclusive Smart Solutions Programme (closed to applications)

The Inclusive Smart Solutions Programme aims to achieve a step-change in access to, purchase of, and use of smart energy technologies, products and services among low income and vulnerable consumers.

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published
16 February 2023
Last updated
11 September 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Inclusive Smart Solutions, market engagement event (8 December 2022)

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Details

11 September 2023

Inclusive Smart Solutions Programme: winning project announced.

The up to £2.75 million Inclusive Smart Solutions Programme seeks to procure a research, design, and development contract to help achieve a step-change in access to, purchase of, and use of smart energy technologies, products and services by low income and vulnerable consumers.

This innovation programme follows a commitment in the 2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan to remove barriers for consumers who may otherwise struggle to participate in smart energy. This is important to help ensure the benefits of flexibility are accessible to all consumers.

The programme aims to conduct research and engagement with low income and vulnerable consumers to gain a better understanding of the barriers faced in the transition to a smart, flexible energy system. This initial research, along with ongoing consumer engagement, will inform the design, development and testing of a suite of commercially viable innovative solutions that will facilitate increased participation of low income and vulnerable consumers in the emerging smart, flexible energy system.

The tender closed to applications on 17 April 2023.

Market engagement event

We held an online market engagement event on 8 December 2022 to provide initial information about the Inclusive Smart Solutions Programme. The slides presented during the online market engagement event are available from the Documents section.

Background

The Inclusive Smart Solutions Programme sits within the Flexibility Innovation Programme which seeks to enable large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility through smart, flexible, secure, and accessible technologies and markets.

The Flexibility Innovation Programme will fund innovation across a range of key smart energy applications, and is part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).

Published 16 February 2023
Last updated 11 September 2023 + show all updates

  1. Competition closed to applications. Winner announced.

  2. First published.