Accenture will be responsible for analysing the UK’s electricity grid network and market structure, and will advise on the UK’s readiness to adopt smart grid technology and services.
The company will also support DECC on the development of a business case showing the financial viability of smart grids in the UK and on the benefits that they could deliver.
Omar Abbosh, managing director of Accenture’s resources operating group in the UK and Ireland, said: “The UK government has some of the most ambitious emissions targets in the world and smart grids will be play a central in achieving them, by helping to reduce electricity consumption and by better managing intermittent renewable sources.
“Smart grids are a national priority but will be built locally. As such, city authorities will play a major part in making smart grids the basis for low carbon living, working and transport.”
Accenture said that smart grids represent the next generation of electricity distribution that will help the UK reduce its carbon emissions. They are designed to give energy and utility companies the ability to manage distributed sources of renewable energy in an effective way. An underlying “intelligent infrastructure” in the smart grid also helps reduce wasted power generation and network losses by automatically distributing power optimally.
