Leveraging linepack
Grant Wilson and Paul Rowley today published a new paper for the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) titled Flexibility in Britain’s Gas Networks.
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Learning from Norway
In the upward trajectory towards a low carbon world and electrification of transport in particular, there is one country that is on a stellar pathway, and a long way ahead of everyone else – Norway. “Norway envy” is something that is often intimated by professionals in the energy sector, caused by virtually zero carbon energy generation from their enormous hydro-electric power resources and that most of their building heat is derived from this lovely clean electricity as well!
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Learning is key
This year’s LCNI Conference took place in Telford and attracted more than 1,000 delegates. The event, which was in its eighth year, has become a key fixture in the energy networks calendar and provides an opportunity to explore key learnings from electricity and gas network innovation projects.
Laying the foundations for heat network growth
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) recent announcement of £40m funding for seven district heating schemes is welcome news. This is part of the government’s £320m Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).
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Keeping power cuts to a minimum
For many people living in Britain, power cuts are nothing more than an occasional annoyance, but as events last month in South America proved, they are no laughing matter.
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Keeping regulatory certainty
At the end of April this year, Ofgem announced that it will not be launching a mid-period review into the current RIIO1 price control system regulating UK electricity networks. Their conclusion was that RIIO1 was working as intended and they had not identified any issues within the current price control system. They also mentioned that they are happy with preparations by energy networks in specific areas including electric vehicles, cyber security, new European laws and storm resilience. DNOs have committed to using existing allowances of over £600m to drive innovation further into a smarter, more flexible energy system. This helps ensure the energy networks are being more proactive and flexible in meeting demands of newer technologies and services to customers.
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Keeping the lights on
Q: You presented at the Network Flexible Networks and DSR conference at the beginning of the month. What message did you want to convey to delegates?
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Keele University: paving the way for intelligent energy grid research
Keele University is Europe’s model for intelligent energy grid research, developing new models for localised sustainable energy and hosting Europe’s £15 million Smart Energy Network Demonstrator (SEND) project.
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Keeping assets safe
Securing critical assets is a major theme for Lagoni in 2019, with two key projects, funded by Ofgem, in collaboration with National Grid Gas Transmission. Significant progress has been made in advancing new technology to upgrade and protect legacy assets, avoiding expensive rip and replace strategies.
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