HyDeploy aims to establish the potential for blending hydrogen, up to 20 per cent, into the normal gas supply to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It is working towards a one-year live trial on part of Keele University’s private gas network, starting in 2019.
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Research by Barclays Bank recently estimated that the UK’s power infrastructure needs an investment of £215 billion by 2030. The investment is required to satisfy a number of critical requirements. The needs include the replacement of aging assets, deployment to new industrial, residential and transport developments, and, most significantly, support for the transition from a centralised generating model towards a distributed model – in other words, a smart grid.
Blind spot: Why telecoms must not be overlooked in the pursuit of smart grids Read More »
What are the current trends in energy systems and power transmission?
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The consultation, from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), sets out ideas on increasing levels of investment in the sector, and options for a market framework to deliver consumer protections equivalent to those offered to gas and electricity customers.
BEIS spotlights heat networks with consultation and grants Read More »
When networks talk about behaviour change, what do they mean?
Behaviour change: Q & A with Paul Bircham Read More »
Partly down to cost, partly complexity, identifying faults and flaws in transmission and distribution, has been in response to their occurrence.
Asset management: moving from reactive to proactive Read More »
The country’s biggest electricity distributor UK Power Networks has invested in state-of-the-art control systems that redirect power supplies quickly when power cuts happen.
Automation technology reduces length of power cuts Read More »
The campaign appeared more than 4.5 million times on key regional news websites across the electricity distributor’s operating area and called on viewers to think of people in their life who would benefit from extra support during power cuts.
Awareness campaign boosts priority services enquiries by 148% Read More »
Networks cannot always rely upon the market to provide the storage services they require at the lowest cost, according to director of strategy and regulation Suleman Alli.
Barring network-owned storage will raise bills, says UKPN Read More »
The Reading-based renewables developer currently commands a 22% share of all operational utility scale storage units in the UK and 47% of the non-EFR capacity.
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