Distribution network operators (DNOs) could meet the challenges of decarbonisation under the current model, one speaker explained. But doing so would be “horrendously expensive”, requiring huge investments in new capacity to meet peaks in demand.
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One of the main subjects for debate was the governance and regulation of the energy system. Energy Systems Catapult head of innovation Eric Brown (pictured) kicked off the discussion by laying out the scale of the challenge: “Broadly speaking, we’ve inherited the current world from the 1980s when the current frameworks were put in place. And those frameworks were based on the nature of the system and business models as they existed at the time.”
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Do you see gas distribution operators and the existing gas pipe infrastructure having a role to play if the nascent shale gas industry takes off in the UK?
While attention is focused on distribution network operators and the rise of distributed generation, it is easy to forget that both the electricity and gas transmission networks have their own challenges to face. National Grid brought those challenges sharply into focus with the publication last month of its annual set of documents setting out the long-term future of its transmission. networks.
Gas: four paths to 2050 Read More »
For the first time since the industrial revolution the UK has gone for the longest period where no coal generated power entered the national grid. Much of this is thanks to the increased role gas has played in generating electricity. But at a time when the Committee on Climate Change and climate activists are calling for a zero-carbon world, why is gas still being used?
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Among the many key workers delivering essential services during the lockdown are the UK’s thousands of emergency gas engineers who continue to go out into the field – and into customer homes – to conduct essential gas readings, repair infrastructure and, on rare occasions, evacuate properties.
From the front line: Chris Garside and Andy Simcoe, Northern Gas Networks Read More »
The changes that are required are defined by 35 functions, which have been further developed by FPSA2 and embody the new elements to the power system architecture.
FPSA the right vehicle for driving energy future Read More »
This webinar will help utility companies to harness digital technology to deliver a positive experience to priority groups. It will also present the findings from a data sharing pilot of customers on the Priority Services Register in advance of the initiative being rolled out sector-wide in 2020.
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