New ALLICE public report: Erasure in industrial production units

The ALLICE Alliance has published a new public report on demand response in industrial production facilities.
Despite significant benefits, such as improved reliability of electricity grids and reduced CO₂ emissions, industrial demand response has been slow to take off. Why is this? How can it be implemented in practice? What are the benefits for manufacturers who use demand response?

This new four-part public report provides a comprehensive overview of industrial demand response in France.

Erasure: what are we talking about?

Electricity curtailment is defined as a means of achieving flexibility that helps to improve the reliability of electricity networks, as well as a tool for reducing CO₂ emissions.

The electricity grid requires constant, ‘real-time’ balancing between electricity generation and consumption in order to ensure a high-quality electricity supply and avoid the risk of blackouts. Load shedding involves reducing consumers’ electricity demand for a defined period in response to an external signal (for example, a request from the grid operator or a price signal). Load shedding is therefore one of the solutions for managing grid imbalances.

The content of this public report is based on the full study entitled “Strategies for the Decommissioning of Industrial Processes”, which is available exclusively to members and was published in 2024.

From the current situation to methodologies: 4 sections to understand the challenges of industrial decline:

Industrial demand response: a source of flexibility that could be better utilised in France: This first section aims to provide an overview of industrial demand response in France: objectives, exploitable potential, remuneration levels, etc.

The demand response value chain and its operational implementation:
The second section presents the stakeholders involved throughout the demand response value chain, as well as the process for implementing demand response at an industrial site.

Technical and economic barriers to be overcome in order to maximise the exploitation of the potential: This section lists and details seven barriers to the implementation of demand response for industrial operators.

Methods, tools and recommendations for industrial demand response stakeholders: in this final section, several scenarios are presented alongside the associated decision-making methods.