LANIT has been developed to support Local Authorities in the creation of Local Area and Regional Energy Plans, including Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES), Local Area Energy Plans (LAEPs), and Regional Energy Plans. It also provides support to Local, Regional, and National Government bodies in shaping and delivering these strategies.
The tool enables Local Authorities to simulate the network impact of the addition of Electric Vehicle (EV) charge points, Heat Pumps (HP) or Photovoltaics (PV) in their local area.
Key Features include:
- Provides a view of current cable and substation capacity, constraints and associated indicative costs for reinforcement work.
- Ability to inform our decision making on potential future network requirements.
- Promotes shared knowledge around future network requirements.
- New Connection Draw Tool: New connections can now be drawn directly onto the existing SPEN network to fully understand the impact to the grid from new Low Carbon Technology (LCT) connections.
- Intuitive asset placement by location.
- Impact reporting: automatic feedback on load, voltage and reinforcement needs.
How can the tool support Local Authorities?
The tool features an intuitive, user-friendly interface that enables users to easily place new low-carbon technology assets – such as EV, HP and PV – onto buildings, car parks, or open spaces.
Users can simulate connections of these assets to the local electricity network and instantly visualise the impact on network capacity, including any required reinforcements. LANIT guides users through asset placement, connection and analysis with clear visual cues, interactive maps and real-time feedback.
Simulate the network impact of your energy plans
Model new EV, HP and PV to help with your site selection process for connecting LCT to our network.
Instant visibility of any potential reinforcement costs
Run power flow analysis of up to 1MVA and see indicative customer and network reinforcement costs associated with your energy plans.
Access to LANIT Tool
LANIT is available for free to Local Authorities. If you’re interested, please get in touch with our Strategic Optimisation team to request your login or to request a demo of the tool - StrategicOptimisation@spenergynetworks.co.uk.
Local Authority Network Insight Tool (LANIT) – platform view
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