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Good Energy Group PLC
16 November 2016
Good Energy unveils the future of local, renewable energy
supply
-- Good Energy launches the UK's first online marketplace for
renewable electricity - 'Selectricity' - giving businesses the
power to choose how and where their electricity is generated
-- Pilot supported and part funded by the government
-- Customers using the platform currently include National
Trust, the Eden Project, Community Power Cornwall and Brixton
Energy
Independent renewable energy company Good Energy has launched a
new online platform, allowing businesses to choose where their
energy comes from for the first time.
The platform, named 'Selectricity', matches businesses with
local renewable energy generators, providing them with more control
and hour by hour visibility of their usage.
This will be the first peer-to-peer offering on the market,
allowing businesses to make more sustainable choices and meet their
corporate social responsibility and zero carbon emission goals.
David Brooks, Managing Director of Good Energy, said:
"We're really excited to be launching Selectricity. This new
offering puts consumers at the heart of the market and could unlock
the potential of renewables with decentralised, local energy here
in the UK.
"The platform will allow companies all across the country to
develop an energy mix which perfectly suits their business and
brings to life their commitment to renewable energy".
Nick Hurd, Minister for Climate Change and Industry at the
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, said:
"Unlocking the innovative capabilities of business is paramount
to our transition to a low carbon economy, so I am delighted to see
this project, which was backed by our Energy Entrepreneurs Fund,
brought to the marketplace.
"We are putting innovation at the centre of our Industrial
Strategy so that we are creating the ideal conditions for
businesses and industries to thrive. This new online marketplace is
an indication of how low carbon and decentralised, local energy
schemes can work."
Augusta Grand, Head of Policy at the Eden Project, one of the
first businesses to use the platform, commented on the launch
saying:
"Selectricity is a great advance towards the smart grid: being
able to match our electricity needs to a particular local supplier
gives us transparency and takes the strain off the wider network.
We are delighted to be part of such an important new offering."
Agamemnon Otero MBE, CEO of Repowering London said:
"Our energy project in Brixton was one of the first schemes to
take part on the platform and we're really excited to see where it
goes next.
"Thanks to Selectricity we now know that the energy being
generated by our solar panels is being sold to the Eden Project in
Cornwall - something we would never have been able to find out
without this platform."
Selectricity will be available for hundreds of business sites to
join and with the advent of smart meters, there is also a potential
to roll out the platform to households in the future.
Businesses can browse local generators, by computer, tablet or
smart phone, and choose to be supplied by generators such as local
wind and solar farms and schools.
Developed by technology start-up Open Utility, the platform was
piloted by Good Energy earlier this year.
James Johnston Co-founder and CEO of Open Utility said:
"We are thrilled that Good Energy has chosen our software
platform to bring their market leading renewable tariffs to life.
We look forward to working with Good Energy to provide customers
with choice and transparency over their renewable energy mix using
our scalable digital service."
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For more information or interviews, please contact:
jamie.white@goodenergy.co.uk 01249 478344
07703 727838
Video and hi-res photographs available:
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLBFlODdpjc
Photos:
www.dropbox.com/sh/pu77onsyk9w9l9p/AADCA9Z6tIfHwirLPf-QMagTa?dl=0
Notes to Editors
-- For more information on the platform, visit www.goodenergy.co.uk/selectricity
-- The initial six month trial was conducted from 1 October 2015
and saw 37 participants use the system.
-- The pilot was given GBP310,000 from the Energy Entrepreneurs
Fund from the then Department for Energy and Climate Change.
-- The announcement follows the government's new consultation
entitled 'A smart, flexible energy system'
About Good Energy www.goodenergy.co.uk
Good Energy is a fast-growing green energy company, generating
and selling 100% renewable electricity and green gas to homes and
businesses across the UK, all wrapped up in great customer service.
Our mission is to support change in the energy market, tackle
climate change and boost energy security. Good Energy is
consistently highly rated for customer service by Which? and
MoneySavingExpert users. Good Energy invests in renewable energy
including wind, solar, biofuel, hydro and tidal.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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