Experimenting with Heat Plans to discover how to help businesses and governments harness energy services to build an energy system people will want to pay for
Matthew Lipson, Energy Systems Catapult There is a growing consensus that we need to put consumers at the heart of the energy system if we are to transform it successfully. Standard consumer research is instructive, but struggles to guide the complex choices that need to be made about the future energy system. For instance, what combination of generation and storage should we build where, what networks should we invest in and how much capacity should we build? People do not know exactly what they want and cannot say which they will prefer of futures they can barely imagine. The decisions made will constrain how people can use energy in their lives every day. The networks built to heat buildings in each area will influence how many households have to insulate their homes and install hot water tanks to get comfortable and clean as conveniently as they can today.The amount of capacity built will determine whether everyone can use electricity when they like, or some will have to go without at peak times.</p><p>Consumer choices have helped guide similar decisions in other Read more…
Categories: Academic Papers, Energy Consumer - Domestic, Heat Innovation
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