Distribution Future Energy Scenarios

When Northern Powergrid joined us as a sponsor in mid-2019, our first project together was focused on Distribution Future Energy Scenarios (DFES). A DFES is an outline of potential future events (expected or unexpected) built around the scenarios defined in the National Grid Future Energy Scenarios. The 'Community Renewables' scenario, for example, assumes that people will adopt electric transport early and that there is strong support for renewable energy generation like solar panels and wind generation.

Northern Powergrid were interested in exploring several things relating to DFES - visualising it in a way that was more engaging than a 100+ page report; allowing users to interrogate the underlying data through the visualisation; and creating a data standard for DFES that others could use, allowing for greater collaboration between companies like Northern Powergrid and public-facing bodies like local authorities.

• Visualisation

  Explore the modelled data from 2017-2050 by Local Authority District or Primary Supply Point.

• Data

  Get the data behind the visualisation from Data Mill North.

• Introduction to the project

  Blog post that launches the project and sets the context more fully.

• Building electricity network geography

  Blog post describing the methodology for creating unique geographies for each Primary Supply point.

• Building the visualisation

  Blog post describing the DFES visualisation tool.