Delivering the smart grid with bandwith for the future
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Delivering electricity to the grid
The last turbines at the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, located in the Irish Sea around 19 kilometres off the coast of Cumbria, were installed in April. The extension is situated next to the existing wind farm and comprises of 87 new turbines, spread across 145km2, which will be capable of generating 659MW of energy a year when fully operational: enough to power more than half a million homes.
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Delivering demand response
Reducing peak loads is a critical challenge for the future of the UK’s energy network. Currently, domestic power usage is responsible for two-thirds of peak demand. This drives up infrastructure costs and peak prices as networks face reducing capacity margin, wholesale price spikes and higher balancing costs.
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Delivering an energy roadmap
The £20m EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI) is a collaborative and multi-disciplinary consortium of industrial and academic energy experts working on an innovative collaborative five-year research program. The Centre aims to investigate the challenges of the future energy system within the UK while identifying the value in taking a whole energy systems approach. CESI draws on the expertise of leading academics from the universities of Newcastle, Heriot-Watt, Sussex, Edinburgh and Durham. The Centre is actively steered by both an industrial innovation and an international advisory board comprised of representatives of local and national government, international researchers, industrial partners and consumer stakeholders.
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Dedicated distributed energy desk setup by National Grid
In the first 24 hours of operation, the number of bids and offers accepted by the control room from these aggregated providers was 87MWh, up 113% on average.
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Decoding ‘peer-to-peer’ for electricity networks
The energy market is changing and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is engaging with industry stakeholders to adapt to the changes taking place by working with the Electricity Networks Association (ENA).
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Decentralisation – unlocking the key to the future network
Put simply, a decentralised energy network is one that instead of running centrally, through the National Grid, is produced locally to where it will be used. This is achieved through the forming of microgrids which can generate and store energy locally, maximising on efficiencies whilst reducing transmissions losses and minimising carbon emissions with the added benefit of relieving pressure from the National Grid.
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Decc refuses to ‘tie Ofgem’s hands’ on onshore tendering
In an evidence session of the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) this week Decc said the proposed legislation will “allow Ofgem to adopt the appropriate and best answer for the consumer in the particular circumstance”.
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Decc offers £1.5m funding boost to heat networks
As well as helping to tackle carbon emissions, the 27 low-carbon heat projects benefiting from the money will potentially lower energy bills in local areas, tackle fuel poverty, and create jobs, Decc said.
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Decc axed
Greg Clark is the secretary of state for a newly created Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.