Power industry central bodies have promised to free-up data to allow innovation in the sector.

National Grid ESO, in its ‘Towards 2030’ plans for taking forward its ESO role, promised to “open data wherever possible”, saying that in the energy industry, data availability will be the driver for change.

It promised to “provide open, automated, and machine-readable data wherever possible. Our data will be presumed open, with access only ever being restricted to mitigate security, privacy, legal or consumer impact risks.