Strategic Innovation Fund Challenges: 2026 to 2033

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• Challenge 1: Industrial and business connection acceleration - major new strategic industrial sites can be energised and operational within six months by 2033
• Challenge 2: Faster build and maintenance - 50% faster, 20% cheaper network build and maintenance by 2035
• Challenge 3: Instant use domestic energy devices - enable instant, plug-and-play connections of domestic energy devices and appliances by 2032
• Challenge 4: Eliminating energy outages – near-zero interruptions via autonomous reconfiguring and islanding of any section of the network by 2038
• Challenge 5: Decentralised system balancing - deliver products and services to prove the viability of autonomous local balancing and optimisation of networks at every level by 2034

These five innovation challenges were recommended by the Energy Networks Innovation Taskforce and endorsed by Ofgem.

The next step is to meet these Innovation Challenges through Innovation Delivery Groups and future innovation projects, as per the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) governance for RIIO-3.

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