Drones take off in wind sector
Cyberhawk uses drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, to remotely inspect assets, backed up by its cloud-based asset management software iHawk.
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Drone trials hailed a success
Conducted by Wiltshire based aviation specialists, Callen-Lenz, the completion of the trials (which covered an unprecedented total distance of 688km BVLOS over a combined 640 minutes), mark a key milestone in the journey towards establishing a regularised framework for the use of drones BVLOS in the UK.
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Drone project begins flight trials on energy network assets
The three-year programme which began in May 2018, coordinated by the EIC, led by Wales & West Utilities in collaboration with Cadent, National Grid Gas Transmission, Northern Gas Networks, Northern Powergrid, Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks and UK Power Networks, and supported by Connected Places Catapult, is a UK first and a designated Government Pathfinder Project.
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Driving innovation forward
“You learn, you change, you adapt and you move forward.” The pace of innovation across the gas and electricity networks is perhaps best summed up by this phrase.
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Drilling starts at UK’s first deep geothermal electricity plant
Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) want to demonstrate the potential of the geothermal resource in the UK to produce electricity and renewable heat. The plant will supply up to 3 MWe (Mega Watt electrical) of electricity which is enough energy to power 3,000 homes.
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Drax director to replace Johnson at ENW
Emery joins the company from generation company Drax where he most recently held the position of group operations director.
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Drawing on experience
Vattenfall’s head of business area distribution says the company will draw on its experience in Sweden when starting electrical distribution network operations in Great Britain.
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Don’t rule out DNO-owned storage, ENA warns
In its submission to the government and Ofgem’s smart systems call for evidence, the ENA said its members support flexibility, including storage, being procured from the competitive market.
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Don’t care, wont care
Do we want energy system transformation because it’s what’s right for consumers? Or do we want it because it’s a really interesting engineering project?
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Domestic storage will dominate by 2024
Currently utility-scale storage developments make up 84 per cent of total installed capacity, but by 2024 behind-the-meter storage will account for two-thirds of capacity according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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