Wireless connectivity, electric vehicles, and renewable generation are changing how the electric industry works. This equipment is less tolerant to interruptions of any duration. As IoT and renewable technology continues to expand, these concerns will accelerate. In this digital age consumer expectations for reliability are higher than ever.
Breaking the trade-off: sustained outages vs short interruptions Read More »
Many energy networks now engage in fairly comprehensive workforce planning, matching their recruitment and training requirements against upcoming work on new infrastructure projects and major asset renewal schemes.
Better together with skills Read More »
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.
Blending hydrogen into the gas network Read More »
What are the current trends in energy systems and power transmission?
Blue: when green just isn’t enough Read More »
When networks talk about behaviour change, what do they mean?
Behaviour change: Q & A with Paul Bircham Read More »
The Chancellor has announced that there will be an end of fossil-fuel heating systems in all new homes from 2025, as part of a ‘Future Homes standard’.
Assessing future heat options Read More »
Ageing infrastructure is a problem for most utilities and understanding where to spend capital and maintenance budgets is an art rather than a science. Utilities can change this and optimise their spending by building data science into their asset management strategies.
Asset management strategies are changing 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 smart meter rollout is a fantastic opportunity to bring cutting edge technology into the heart of people’s homes. Through in-home displays being installed in every home and business in the UK, people across the country will be enabled to use energy more efficiently. Crucially, in times when many people are concerned about the costs of their energy usage, householders will also be able to use information provided by the meters to make substantial savings on their energy bill.
Barry Sheerman MP demands ‘smart’ action on CO dangers Read More »
If there’s one topic that can unite a room full of engineers in the UK, across the energy sector and beyond, it’s skills pipelines and future talent. But despite this animation industry skills obstacles seem immovable. Figures about skills gaps, job vacancies and potential economic value – to be lost or gained – are endlessly trotted out to perpetuate a sense of urgency about the challenges industry faces.
Are industry skills challenges insurmountable? Read More »
