Early engagement notice - Sleeved Pool for zero-carbon electricity
Reference ocds-b5fd17-a3a201bb-dc3c-45ef-afa9-bbd35e38a45a · Bristol City Council
Prior notice. Estimated value: £100,000,000.
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Bristol City Council (BCC) is formulating a requirement for a 'sleeved pool' to route locally generated zero-carbon electricity from generators in and around Bristol to BCC and other customers. We would like to seek input from the market and gain interest from potential bidders, prior to formulating a formal procurement opportunity. This will provide early insight into the likely level of interest from that market and will help shape the requirement. The proposed structure for the requirement is in two parts. The first would be a Generation Pool, managed by a Pool Manager, whose role would be to aggregate generation across multiple local renewable energy systems (wind turbines, solar farms, rooftop solar, etc) to provide a 'Firming Service', passing baseload blocks to a second pool. The Generation Pool Manager would also be responsible for co-ordinating generation, export of surplus power, and paying Generators for power provided to the pool. The second pool would be a Demand Pool, managed by a second Pool Manager, whose role would be to manage a basket of demand customers, providing billing and accounting services for these customers. The Demand Pool Manager would also need …
Official publications
| Medium | Reference | Date |
|---|---|---|
| FTS | cdf6202b-c177-4781-b108-a6179614354f-775929 | 9 August 2024 |
| Contracts Finder | cdf6202b-c177-4781-b108-a6179614354f-775929 | 9 August 2024 |
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