The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) published its ‘Roadmap to Recovery’ strategy on 1 June. The idea is to drive recovery in the sector and to help the wider UK economy. 

 

As we move on from the coronavirus outbreak and the economic downturn that is expected to follow it, construction will have an important role to play. 

 

Construction employs over 3million people in a wide range of professions and trades, including electrical installation and maintenance. It also exports valuable products and services. 

Here’s a clever idea… Siemens has introduced a virtual power plant (VPP). 

 

It’s a software solution that balances electrical loads from buildings connected in a ‘microgrid’ that has both renewable energy and energy storage. 

 

The new VPP service allows electrical loads of commercial buildings or industrial sites to be combined, helping to reduce the need for reserve power by balancing consumption. Building operators can then sell surplus energy back to the electricity market. Siemens believes this approach will increase the flexibility of the whole market.