Government announces plans to regulate heat networks
The announcement is included in Heat Networks: Ensuring Sustained Investment and Protecting Consumers.
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Government announces funding boost for EV infrastructure
Twelve projects are set to receive a share of the £37m funding, to support the creation of innovations including wireless charging technologies, meaning electric vehicles of the future could charge without the need to plug in a cable.
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Government announces £2.5m funding for on-street EV charging points
The funding will support the on-street residential chargepoint scheme, launched in 2017, which helps people access charging infrastructure near their homes when they don’t have off-street parking.
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Government abandons opposition to subsidising new onshore windfarms
The government’s current onshore wind policies were shaped back in 2016 by the former Tory prime minister David Cameron. From this time there has been a sharp decline in the number of new onshore windfarms.
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Governance needed to fill heat policy ‘vacuum’
The report from the Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology said there is a need for “strong city and local authority level involvement” in heat governance, although the resources to do this do not currently exist.
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Good Energy: protect local grids from EVs now
Speaking to the Energy and Climate Change Committee earlier this week Davenport said it is her personal view that every single electric vehicle produced in the UK should automatically wait until a period of low energy demand to start charging unless a customer actively overrides it.
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Going digital: the hidden wealth of grids
The energy supply mix in the UK has steadily changed over the last decade and the ever evolving decentralised landscape is presenting new challenges for network operators. With consumption patterns anticipated to significantly change in response to the electrification of heat and transport, combining key industry drivers and initiatives with digitalisation will play an important role within this sector.
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GMB wants UK to reduce reliance on interconnectors
The union said Britain cannot depend on its neighbours to ensure the security of its electricity supplies when they are planning to do the same.
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Given the green light: gas
While attention has been focused on the review of the innovation mechanism, network companies have continued quietly to vie for the funds up for grabs every year. In early December, Ofgem revealed the six successful projects from this year’s Network innovation Competition (NIC). Projects that will shape the future of the sector. It also identified projects that were found wanting.
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Given the green light: electricity
While attention has been focused on the review of the innovation mechanism, network companies have continued quietly to vie for the funds up for grabs every year. In early December, Ofgem revealed the six successful projects from this year’s Network innovation Competition (NIC). Projects that will shape the future of the sector. It also identified projects that were found wanting.
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