Unlock Energy Data
Data to accelerate the energy transition.
Our energy system is changing. Across the globe, fossil fuels are declining, replaced by clean wind and solar, and electrified transport and heat.
AI and its associated technologies have the potential to accelerate this transition and to make clean energy cheaper for everyone. That is, if governments and regulators enable innovators to access energy system data. In traditional grids, energy flowed from a handful of fossil fuel-fired generators, to homes and businesses. In modern electricity grids, there are thousands of generating, distributing, storing and consuming energy assets like solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, EV chargers and heat pumps. This complexity poses a problem for how we can manage and coordinate modern grids efficiently and cost-effectively.
Important data that is needed to coordinate all of these assets and their activity effectively is often fragmented, locked away, limited, or hard to track down and use. Without visibility on when and where energy is generated, stored and used, we are consistently missing opportunities to create public value.
By unlocking key data and unleashing the potential of energy innovators, we can democratise the energy system and deliver benefits across the board, such as:-
- Lower, stable energy bills, leading to better economic and public health outcomes
- Energy grids that are resilient from global instability and price shocks
- Greater control to match energy supply to demand, reducing waste and inefficiency
- Global leadership in energy and technology, and the creation of high skilled and high paid jobs
- Greater public support for net zero
We need to Unlock Energy Data to turn the global energy transition into an engine of lower bills, resilience, innovation and growth.
Case Studies
Unlocking the potential of solar
The solar revolution is a huge economic and clean energy opportunity for the world, and in particular the UK. But missing data is holding us back from making the most of it.
Briefings
Working with industry, we have brought together a coalition of energy and data innovators, releasing an open letter calling for the publication of priority energy datasets.
Signatories include Claire Young MP, a member of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, alongside representatives from Open Climate Fix, Ember, Regen, the Centre for Public Data and others.
You can read the full letter via our blog.
Case Studies
Taking Unlock Energy Data Global
AI and modern technology can help overcome society's greatest challenges if we harness it effectively. Governments around the world have a choice: build the data infrastructure that allows us to reap the benefits of the digital revolution, or let these opportunities go unrealised.
We are taking our project ‘Unlock Energy Data’ to the next level to tackle this problem.
Insights
Low cost, big opportunity: unlocking energy data to deliver public value
With energy bills remaining a key tension as we move past the October Budget and towards a tricky winter, the Government has a difficult puzzle in balancing electrification and decarbonisation pathways with other national objectives.
Our Partners
We are building a coalition of like-minded organisations designed to champion greater energy data access, whilst demonstrating how data can be used to deliver digital and AI solutions that will accelerate the energy transition.
To become a part of this initiative, please contact us unlocked@openclimatefix.org.
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We’re developing AI tools to predict unmetered renewable generation and track the electricity it produces.
Built from the success of our solar forecast, discover how we’re revolutionising wind forecasting.
Our unique innovation predicts cloud movements through satellite imagery, dramatically improving solar generation forecasts.