Labour pledges public ownership of networks
The party’s manifesto argues that privatisation has “failed to deliver an energy system that delivers for people, businesses or our environment.”
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Customers
JV offering businesses battery storage deal
The joint venture will install and operate batteries for medium and large energy users free of charge in return for a share of revenues. According to the JV, once the battery is installed, customers will see immediate cost savings from avoiding premium-cost peak energy charges and income from providing flexibility services to the grid.
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Kaluza and WPD deliver first domestic battery flex service
In 20 properties in North Hykeham and Woodhall Spa that have generating capacity from rooftop solar PV, Kaluza has installed domestic storage batteries from German supplier Sonnen.
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Keeping networks safe
It’s not by chance that the UK’s energy networks are the safest they have ever been.
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Keeping our options open
A key criticism of heat networks is that they are natural monopolies. This is also the case for electricity distribution and gas and water networks, hence their regulated profits.
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It’s the wrong kind of disruption
Utility Week Live set my head spinning. Numerous stands and speakers set out their roadmaps to a greener future, championing innovation and new business opportunities. Very impressive – yet why was it so unconvincing?
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Join the dots: a talk with the NIC’s Philip Graham
When chancellor George Osborne launched the National Infrastructure Commission in the autumn of last year, it had been a long time coming.
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Jones announced as new chairman of ENA
He replaces Robert Symons, the former chief executive of Western Power Distribution (WPD), who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer.
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Investment in north west’s power network continues
Storm Desmond caused widespread damage and disruption and the loss of power to 55,000 people in Lancaster and Morecambe after floodwater breached flood defences which were installed to withstand a ‘once-in-100-year’ floods and more than 13,000 homes and businesses in Cumbria.
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Investment in V2G
A year ago the future dominance of electric vehicles would have been regarded by many as an “if” not “when”. But in the interim we have had a conveyor belt of announcements by automotive manufacturers, governments and even petrochemical companies with hard commitments to this agenda. The debate has now flipped to one of how quickly this transition will now occur. The mid 20s are talked of as the boom time, but with EV battery capacity rising at an extraordinary rate and the choice of vehicles increasing almost monthly, this could come sooner. EV affordability is also much less of an issue than most people appreciate as in the region of 90 per cent of new EVs are “bought” on surprisingly competitive personal lease deals.