Innovation Zero
An Opinion article by ENODA’s Head of Government & Regulatory Affairs, Anna Bazley, exploring the policy landscape that will enable the innovation to achieve Net Zero.
ENODA’s Purpose
ENODA’s Founder and Chief Technology & Product Officer, Andrew Scobie, begins a new series, looking at the science, philosophy and economics behind why ENODA exists, and the fundamental importance of its technology.
Do Women in Energy need a STEM Background to be Successful?
I think about what is required to be successful in energy from an innovator’s, or entrepreneur’s perspective. And the principle applies to many other sectors. When you see a problem that people need a solution to, and you have a solution to that problem, sometimes it’s better not to see all the hurdles to delivery or else some wouldn’t dare.
Introduction of Enoda PRIME Exchanger: the integration of optimal passive design with complex control
ENODA provides a system which is agnostic to the nature of supply and demand. To do that though, there needs to be one fundamental enabling technology. It has to sit in the location of the transformer just as the router sits in the former location of switch in telephone exchanges, and they both transform the nature of those networks. We can put the Enoda PRIME Exchanger into the distribution network of utilities all around the world improving their performance enabling grids to become the primary provider of system stability. This is how we can unlock innovation in generation and consumption, delivering sustainable prosperity for everyone.
Combating Climate Change…
The COP28 climate summit opens in today, yet it is already clear that the world is not on track to meet the climate change targets that governments set themselves in Paris in 2015.
Review of PreCOP28
A review of the PreCOP28 panel discussion on “Energy grids and the electricity system in the face of the challenges of transformation”. What were the key takeaways? How can technology and systems thinking deliver the solution to the energy trilemma?
New tech sets the agenda for Europe’s energy transition
The International Energy Agency (IEA), European Central Bank (ECB) and European Investment Bank (EIB), recently laid out the intellectual justification for an EU alternative to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Two clear themes emerged, but what do they argue should be done?
Karpacz Economic Forum 2023
Enoda’s Policy & Global Affairs team were invited to join a panel at the 2023 Economic Forum, hosted by Réka Szemerkényi. Following the event, Anna Bazley sat down with Réka and Paul Domjan to delve further into the main topics from the conference.
Unravelling the UK's Failed Offshore Wind Auction
Given that wind energy is pivotal to the UK's ambitious net-zero targets, what led to no interest in the offshore wind contracts in a recent auction?
Unpicking the Energy Trilemma
For the energy transition to succeed, it must deliver an energy system that is clean, affordable and secure. For many years, the challenge of meeting these goals has been described as a trilemma.
The Hidden Costs of Delivered Renewable Energy
Renewable energy has become a crucial component of the global energy transition. LCOE has been instrumental in assessing the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies, but it fails to capture the full picture of costs associated with their integration into the grid.
Platform Series - Monolithic Market Makers to Automated Trading Platforms
The history of stock markets spans centuries, evolving from rudimentary systems to the sophisticated networks seen today.
McKinsey’s Green Business Building Conference
Forthcoming McKinsey research shows that while 90% of emissions reductions required for net zero are possible with existing technologies, only 20% of that abatement is from technologies that are commercially mature. The conference was filled with examples that demonstrate this innovation happening.
The Future of Distributed Flexibility
This year, Ofgem released a Call for Input (CfI) on the Future of Distributed Flexibility. Ofgem begins by introducing some of the issues which are resulting in a lower uptake of distributed flexibility on the electricity system than there ought to be.
Exactly What are Balancing Costs?
The electrical grid is a marvel of engineering that delivers electricity to our homes and businesses, but it requires a delicate balancing act to maintain a consistent supply of electricity to end consumers.
The Blind Gridmaker
The electrical grid is an impressive feat of human engineering that has evolved over time to become the most important infrastructure of modern society. From its humble beginnings as a simple network of wires and generators, the grid has grown and adapted to meet the ever-increasing demands of our energy-hungry civilisation.
More Please…
Increasing renewable energy generation does not mean lower prices for the end consumer, despite there being zero fuel-costs. Why is this the case and what needs to happen to change this?
Platform Series - Multi-sided markets: theoretical foundations
The description of multi-sided markets has fundamentally changed the way that economists think about the boundaries of the firm. It also has dramatic implications for how entrepreneurs approach the problem of maximising firm value, as they now have to consider other product-market participants.
EU Market Design: setting the direction for Europe's electricity decarbonisation
Since the energy price spikes and volatility in electricity markets last year, precipitated by rising wholesale gas prices, the EU Commission has looked to a reform of market design as a systematic answer to the impact of these prices on Europeans.
Shell Energy Security Scenarios show grid technology innovation is needed to meet the long-term challenges of energy security and climate change
Response to Shell Energy Security Scenarios and meeting the long-term challenge of climate change