1、Gas Network Innovation StrategyThe Voice of the NetworksMarch 2020Foreword.03Introduction.04Our strategy.05How to get involved.06Principles and outcomesCustomer benefit.08Collaboration.09Carbon impact.10Data and outputs.11Scale up and roll out.12Shared network innovation themesConsumer vulnerability

2、.14Net zero and the energy transition.16Optimised assets and practices.18Flexibility and commercial evolution.20Whole energy system.22Next steps.2411324112341This Gas Network Innovation Strategy has been produced by Energy Networks Association(ENA)and the GB Gas Licensed Network Operators(LNOs).ENA

3、is our voice,representing the wires and pipes transmission and distribution network operators for gas and electricity in the UK and Ireland.Gas TransmissionGas Distribution02ContentsWe are pleased to present this revised and refreshed Gas Network Innovation Strategy.This document sets out for you,ou

4、r stakeholders,what our high-level ambitions and priorities are for network innovation.Innovation in our energy networks is playing a key role in the transformation of the energy system for a zero carbon future.Innovation projects allow us to better understand how to integrate and roll out new techn

5、ologies,practices and markets and help to tackle the wider energy challenges we face.Funding mechanisms,including the Network Innovation Allowance(NIA)and Network Innovation Competition(NIC)administered by Ofgem,are enabling an extensive portfolio of projects that are changing how our energy system

6、works and delivering significant financial,energy security and environmental benefits to customers.We are working in partnership with each other,with innovators,businesses and local communities to invest in trialling new technologies and business models.We recognise that we cannot solve the complex