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Digitalising our energy system for net zero: strategy and action plan

Strategy for digitalising the Great Britain energy system to spur innovation, reduce bills and drive decarbonisation.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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The Energy Digitalisation Strategy, developed by the government, Ofgem and Innovate UK in coordination with the energy sector, sets out a vision and suite of policies to digitalise the energy system. Digitalisation will enable millions of low carbon assets, including solar PV, electric vehicles and heat pumps, to be optimised across our energy system.

The strategy has 3 key areas of focus:

  • providing leadership and coordination
  • ensuring regulation and policies incentivise digitalisation
  • collaborating with the sector to develop digital tools and infrastructure

It aims to spur innovation and competition, facilitate new consumer offers, and reduce the cost of decarbonising the energy system.

Update: 19 July 2022

As referenced in the strategy, the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce was commissioned to build momentum and deepen policy understanding about the energy sector’s journey to digitalisation.

Their report - Delivering a Digitalised Energy System - represents a key milestone, building on the work of the Data Taskforce, and the recommendations form a critical launchpad for further action and exploratory work.

BEIS, Ofgem and Innovate UK have published their joint response here to the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce’s report, highlighting progress and setting out next steps for future work.

See the related Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan which sets out how we can enable a smart, flexible, decarbonised energy system.

Published 20 July 2021
Last updated 19 July 2022 + show all updates
  1. BEIS, Ofgem and Innovate UK published a joint response to the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce’s report, highlighting progress and setting out next steps for future work.

  2. First published.