Optimise Prime Deliverables

In order to share the our learnings with all of Great Britain’s Distribution Network Operators and the wider industry, Optimise Prime is producing seven formal deliverables as the project progresses, followed by a project closedown report. Each report will be published on this page.

 
 

High Level Design and Specification of the Three Trials

Deliverable D1

Report outlining the requirements, use cases, scenarios, technologies and locations for WS 1 (Home Charging), WS 2 (Depot Charging) and WS 3 (Mixed Charging).

 

Solution Build Report - Lessons Learned

Deliverable D2

Report setting out the lessons learned from the infrastructure and technology build for the trials. The report also includes a description of the methodology to be used for trials.

 

Learning from Installation, Commissioning and Testing

Deliverable D3

Report setting out the key learning points from the installation, commissioning and testing processes/activities.

 

Early Learning Report on the Trials

Deliverable D4

Report setting out how each trial is performing, data gathered, insights gained, changes required.

 

Interim Report on Business Models

Deliverable D5

Interim report outlining the preliminary economic and behavioural findings, high level options for commercial solutions/business models, profiled connections and commercial EV load separation at domestic properties.

 

Data Sets

Deliverable D6

In this deliverable, data collected during the Optimise Prime trials is being made available publically through UK Power Networks’ open data platform. Data released includes telematics and charging data from homes and depots, data from the trials and aggregated demand from private hire vehicles.

 

Final Learning Report

Deliverable D7

Final report summarising the work undertaken by the project and the insights gained from the trials. This deliverable gives recommendations on approaches for separating commercial EV load at residential level, explains models for use of commercial EV flexibility by DNOs, includes insights into flexibility contracts for DNOs, recommendations on business models for fleet operators, the methodologies and reference design for the site planning tool and insights on applicability of the project’s methods to EV stakeholders.