The task of integrating volatile renewable generation into the energy system is being made more difficult by a “missing picture” of embedded generation, Electralink has argued. The data services firm says market participants are lacking a complete view of “what is really going on” because generation embedded within distribution networks is often “invisible” to the system operator, National Grid. Using information passing through its data transfer service, Electralink has estimated there was a six per cent – or 617GWh – increase in output from embedded generation over the year to the end of March.
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