In 2016 Ofgem called on DNOs to find new ways of speeding up the connection process, including flexible connections, active management, consortiums and enforcing progression milestones.
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Analysis by the research body found that the costs of absorbing intermittent renewable generation remain “relatively modest” in general, but vary enormously depending on the flexibility of the energy system.
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The portable ‘plug & play’ relay and control rooms provided by design and engineering experts Acrastyle offer just this flexibility, enabling network operators to respond rapidly to changing needs.
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It also expresses concern that widespread consensus on the importance of flexibility has not been matched by progress on integrating it into the energy system, and calls for clear target setting to focus uptake.
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The paper ‘Arming the Fleet – accelerating businesses scale adoption of EVs’, highlights that fleets are not being considered adequately in the current EV debate, and that there is also a gap that needs to be bridged between the fleet industry and the power sector to build mutual understanding of key objectives and opportunities for collaboration.
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Beginning with trials back in 2013, the technology is now becoming mainstream thanks to Scottish Power Energy Networks’ ongoing two-year LiDAR project. This is helping other networks to embrace the technology through the dissemination of lessons learned via workshops and presentations.
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According to anonymous sources quoted by the newspaper, they include owners of two other DNOs – Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure, which holds a 40 per cent stake in UK Power Networks, and the Spanish utility Iberdrola, which owns SP Energy Networks through its parent company Scottish Power.
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Ofgem said the shortlist shows there is “strong competition” to own the link which will provide a guaranteed revenue stream for 20 years.
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The funding package itself forms part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) £500m innovation fund, dedicated to harnessing and rolling out advanced technology to fight climate change.
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The drive for the UK’s low carbon future is demanding enormous changes in our entire electricity system. Not only is there sustained, rapid growth in inherently variable renewables, generation is no longer centralized but can be distributed over a wide geographical area, so that the traditional one-way flow model is being replaced by multi-directional flows.
