Electric asset optimisation
Electric asset optimisation focuses on the effective management of electrical systems and technologies that consume, store, or generate electricity, enabling large energy-intensive businesses to improve operational efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and lower costs.
Save – and earn
We’ll analyse the energy usage of your operations – including electric machinery, equipment and other assets – then suggest changes that optimise your performance and deliver monthly savings.
We can also help you take advantage of both Drax ElectriFlex, our own demand management scheme, and the demand flexibility service (DFS) from National Energy System Operator (NESO).
Optimisation benefits
Avoid peak costs
When electricity demand spikes, the price rises too. So, flexing your operations and energy usage in peak periods can deliver significant savings.
Generate power and income
Producing your own power can help support the grid when demand rises while cutting your costs and selling your excess power to earn extra revenue.
Trade energy
By flexing your operations and energy usage when short-term wholesale electricity prices rise, you can sell the nominated power you don’t need.
Back renewables
Flexibly shifting energy use from periods of high demand helps maintain grid reliability as the UK becomes more reliant on intermittent renewables.
Support stability
Reacting to grid signals by turning flexible assets up, down, or off reduces the need for fossil fuels to deliver grid balancing mechanisms.
Get closer to net zero
Flexibility supports net zero cost-effectiveness as the grid spends less on running reserve assets and turning off renewable generation.
ElectriFlex and DFS – your flexible friends
Make the most of the flexibility in your operations by joining our all-year Drax DFS or the winter-only NESO DFS.
Drax ElectriFlex
Your participation with Drax ElectriFlex means we can minimise your exposure to peak network and industry charges, and estimate the value of using your flexibility in balancing services. If you decide to proceed, we'll share the value with you.
NESO DFS
As demand-side flexibility becomes an even more significant tool for organisations and NESO as the UK strives to meet its net zero targets, we’re committed to continuing our support.
Flexibility Focus
Learn about the key market, policy and regulatory developments affecting consumer-led flexibility (CLF), with our quarterly newsletter, Flexibility Focus. Download the latest version below.
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Sundown Products saves £35,000
Sundown Products, an agricultural manufacturing business from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, is the latest organisation to save money annually with Drax Electric Assets.
Building flexibility into your electrical assets
By reacting to the peaks and troughs in the cost of electricity, you can reduce energy expenditure and, if you have renewable generation assets in place, gain extra revenue.
A guide to electric asset optimisation
Our new guide shares what electric asset flexibility is, and the 4-step process you can expect to go through when exploring your organisation’s flexibility potential.
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Electric assets FAQs
What is electric asset optimisation?
Electric asset optimisation is the process of analysing how and when electricity-consuming or generating assets operate, then adjusting their usage to improve efficiency, reduce costs and unlock additional value from energy flexibility.
How can electric asset optimisation help reduce energy costs?
By identifying opportunities to shift, reduce or better manage electricity consumption, businesses can benefit from lower energy costs, demand side response revenues and improved operational efficiency.
What is energy flexibility?
Energy flexibility is the ability to adjust electricity consumption or generation in response to signals from the energy market or electricity grid, helping balance supply and demand while creating financial benefits for businesses.
How do battery storage systems support electric asset optimisation?
Battery storage systems can store electricity when demand or prices are lower and release power when needed, helping businesses improve flexibility, manage costs and support grid balancing services. Electric asset programmes may assess battery storage alongside other flexible assets.
Which businesses can benefit from electric asset optimisation?
Organisations with significant electricity consumption, energy-intensive processes, generation assets or flexible operational schedules are often well-positioned to benefit from electric asset optimisation services.