Power to Participate: a specification for community energy to participate in a flexible energy system

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Community energy

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Community, Community energy, Energy, Sustainable energy

Power to Participate: a specification for community energy to participate in a flexible energy system

This report looks at how our electricity system is changing. Centralised fossil fuel plants are being replaced by distributed renewable energy generation. Demand has been falling as we have got more efficient, but it is forecast to grow as we start to use electric vehicles and switch to electric heating.