A large-scale home energy flexibility study has been launched in order to explore the potential of renewable technologies.
The research is being ran by a consortium which includes National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), Octopus Energy, Ohme (electric vehicle charger manufacturer) and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN).
Data will be analysed from more than 25,000 homes that have various green technologies in use including heat pumps, home batteries and electric vehicles.
The findings of this study will seek to discover how changing usage patterns could access cheaper and greener power and also show how changes in energy prices and demand could have an impact on consumers. This could also affect a flexible smart grid powered increasingly by renewables.
Head of Innovation Strategy and Digital Transformation at National Grid ESO, Carolina Tortora, commented: "This project will give us some really exciting insight into how smart tariffs and technologies can influence the way people consume electricity and help us balance the grid."
