CSIRO's FlexCost analyses the cost of accessing consumer energy resources

FlexCost reveals true cost of demand-side resources

Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have published the FlexCost methodology, a new economic analysis framework that will estimate how demand-side energy resources can contribute to a lower cost electricity system. Demand-side energy resources include home batteries, electric vehicles (EVs), and energy-efficient appliances, which can contribute to a lower cost electricity system. The detailed methodolo…

CSIRO's FlexCost analyses the cost of accessing consumer energy resources

There’s a knowledge gap across industry on the costs of consumer energy resources. Image: AngieC333/shutterstock.comCSIRO has developed FlexCost, a new way of quantifying the cost of using demand-side technologies to support the electricity system. The post CSIRO’s FlexCost analyses the cost of accessing consumer energy resources appeared first on Energy Magazine.