Gas
The human element – stakeholder engagement
The Carbon Trust sets out five steps for engaging with stakeholders in district energy projects.
Gas
Editor’s weekly: Gas future still unsettled
A recent report from ETI suggests gas networks may need to adapt to a diminished role in the future of the energy system, despite efforts to justify their long term relevance.
Gas
Tomorrow’s energy storage
Network looks at up and coming energy storage technologies.
Gas
ETI sets out multi-vector energy plan
A new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has laid out possible strategies for achieving an integrated approach to energy system planning.
Gas
Future Networks 2017
The third annual Future Networks conference takes place in Birmingham, on 21 March, 2017.
Gas
Smart metering is ‘missed opportunity’ for gas safety
The Gas Industry Safety Group (GISG) has said it is “particularly disappointed” that the “once in a lifetime opportunity” to improve the safety of customers offered by the smart meter rollout is being wasted.
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Editor’s weekly: Smart meters and gas safety
Jane Gray mulls over comments made at Utility Week Congress about the hazards the national smart meter rollout may raise for gas safety in customer homes.
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Is CCS worth the candle?
George Day sets out ETI's thinking around the whole system appeal of CCS technology.
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Catch it, keep it: the role of CCS in decarbonising gas and heat
CCS is struggling for a future in the UK. Network explores its value to the challenge of decarbonising heat via the gas grid.
Gas
Move beyond vector-specific energy regimes
‘Whole system’ thinking for governance and regulation of energy networks could unlock untold efficiencies and business opportunity, says George Day
Gas
Atkins to lead hydrogen storage scoping
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed engineering consultancy Atkins to lead a study which will identify sites suitable for the storage of hydrogen gas in the UK.
Gas
Campaign group calls for extra conditions on heat network funding
Campaign group Fuel Poverty Action has called for additional conditions to be attached to government funding for heat networks to ensure consumer’s interests are protected.
Gas
Editor’s weekly: LCNI 2016
Jane Gray pulls together key themes and observations from the 2016 Low Carbon Networks and Innovation Conference.
Gas
SSE sells stake in SGN
SSE has agreed to sell a 16.7% equity stake in gas distribution network SGN to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for £621 million.
Gas
Progress on heating has ‘stalled’, CCC warns
Progress towards the decarbonisation of heating has “stalled”, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned.
Gas
Murphy starts substation build for new CHP plant
J Murphy & Sons has completed the first phase of utility installations for a new biomass CHP power plant in Northumberland and will now begin construction of the plant substation.
Gas
Next generation automation
Automation of power distribution is about to take a leap forward, says Schneider Electric’s John Langley-Davis.
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New managing director for Balfour Beatty T&D
Former National Grid employee Ian Currie has been appointed managing director of Balfour Beatty’s power transmission and distribution services business.
Gas
Top performance
Operational leaders discuss how to optimise network assets in the changing energy landscape
Gas
ABB and Fluor join forces for energy revolution
ABB and global engineering firm Fluor have announced a partnership which will enhance their ability to deliver smart substation projects globally.
Gas
Trending; robotics, modelling and analytics and decentralised energy
Technological advances are changing the face of energy networks and allowing them to respond in new ways to existing and unprecedented challenges. In this technology round-up, Network examines three trends making a big impact on network operations today.
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Big Bang; bringing safety to gas
At DNV GL’s Spadeadam site, gas engineers can feel the full force of the kind of gas disaster they hope they’ll never face.
Gas
Moixa launches solar storage scheme
Home battery storage company Moixa has launched a solar storage offer to protect households from rising prices.
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Moixa launches solar storage scheme
Home battery storage company Moixa has launched a solar storage offer to protect households from rising prices.
Gas
A leap forward in heat trust
The introduction of a new calculator for consumers on heat networks will transform transparency and enable growth in the sector, says Casey Cole.
Gas
Price benchmarking tool will force heat suppliers to ‘step up’
Heat Trust has today launched a calculator which allows heat network customers to compare the cost of their heating against the typical gas boiler.
Gas
WWU increases apprenticeship intake by 200 per cent
Wales and West Utilities (WWU) has recruited 200 per cent more apprentices than it did in 2013 as it delivers on its commitment to invest in young people and attract them to the gas industry.
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Early alert for vulnerable customers
Smart metering offers an unparalleled opportunity for improving the service for vulnerable customers.
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Smart metering: It begins
The rollout of smart meters will usher in a new digital dawn for energy, bringing network operators out of the darkness and into the light. But not before some stumbles.
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Grid-injected biomethane industry receives boost
The nascent biomthane industry has received a boost by being recognised as a valid method for a business to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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SME crowdsourcing is driving innovation says EIC
The Energy Innovation centre’s (EIC) “call for evidence” is successfully driving the formation of innovation partnerships between energy networks operators and SME organisations.