Commercialising smart local energy systems
using the Traxis Shared Energy Plan
Smart local energy systems can accelerate the electrification of heating and transport and maximise the self consumption of local generation by managing peak demand behind the substation. They can thus enable connection before the upstream grid has been sufficiently strengthened as well as reduce the cost of energy to the end user. Their deployment could be both pivotal and urgent to effective decarbonisation of local energy demand. However, they are a long way from becoming a business reality: there have been multiple trials, pilots and demonstrators, but little commercial implementation.
The Traxis Shared Energy Plan has been developed to address this dilemma and help businesses collaborate to deliver commercially viable solutions.
What is The Traxis Group?
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Traxis Group is a collaboration between specialist energy consultancies focusing on decarbonising demand at the grid edge. This market is highly fragmented and is predominantly focused on individual technology solutions, as are the consultancies that provide advice. Our aim is to deliver integrated Smart Local Energy Systems support.
We use experienced business leaders who have been in your shoes and have experienced many of your challenges.
Alongside our expertise in strategy, market analysis and delivery, we focus on developing multi-facet business models, enabling successful collaborations, and helping to co-ordinate funding.
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System integration is understood but equally important is business integration - helping businesses to work together effectively. Our team will work pro-actively alongside you as a neutral third-party helping with problem solving, resolving issues and mentoring key roles. In doing so we can speed up delivery, increase management bandwidth and enhance outcomes.
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Several stakeholder groups share the burden of decarbonising local energy demand which is why it is so difficult to do. Traxis Group, along with Gemserv Ltd, founded the Local Energy Market Alliance (LEMA Ltd) to bring together these stakeholders. The purpose is to collaboratively develop generic approaches and common frameworks needed to scale and replicate local energy systems and generate a fully commercial market for local energy systems. This co-ordinated approach provides a common, streamlined approach whilst the Traxis Shared Energy Plan implements this on the ground. The combination of both elements simplifies the burden of delivering local energy.
Our vision is to drive integrated, consumer-focused, commercially viable local energy solutions as a major contributor to driving down energy costs, enhancing energy security and reducing CO2 emissions. The actions of domestic and commercial consumers really matter. However there’s a chasm between pilot projects and commercial implementation, between early adopter consumers and the mass market.
We are working to bridge this chasm, to ensure that the benefits of smart local energy systems are available for everyone, everywhere, simply and affordably.
Who is the Traxis Shared Energy Plan for?
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Businesses and organisations such as property developers, build to rent developers, local councils and housing associations that are wishing to contract for integrated, consumer focused low carbon, affordable energy products and services
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Leading organisations that see the opportunity smart local energy systems offer and want to capitalise on first mover advantage by being among the first to install and operate multiple smart local energy systems.
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Companies that want to build volume sales by contributing elements of an integrated solution such as equipment, platforms, energy retail, aggregation, installation and support services.
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Funds that are looking to invest in scale opportunities to deliver local energy and make measurable, beneficial social or environmental impacts alongside a financial return.
Specialists able to provide pragmatic advice and assistance for the effective and efficient implementation of crucial elements of the system.
District energy entails extended value chains too large for any one business to manage within their own supply chain: e.g. DNOs, Energy Retailers, Property Developers, Infrastructure Providers etc. Until such time that a whole market is established companies need to collaborate with each other to co-develop whole products, integrate their capabilities and win investment for complete solutions.
No matter where you sit in this value chain working with the Traxis Group to help create a market for your products and gain investment could be a game changer.
What we are talking about
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The cost-of-living crisis is causing us all to look at how we can reign in on expenditure – but not with energy. Here the response is for the government to underwrite the increases. This article explores an alternative.
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has dramatically changed the energy landscape and confronts our attitudes and emphasis towards decarbonisation which is now nothing short of critical.
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Energy security and decarbonisation have a major local dimension to them.
Intrigued? Fed up with trials? Want to scale your ambitions?
Contact us to find out more about our services, joining the Local Energy Markets Alliance or to be part of a business collaboration enabling you to lead the revolution in local energy through commercial projects.
