International award for UKPN
The network operator won the 2019 EEI International Edison Award at a ceremony in Philadelphia, United States, for its part in enabling Britain’s low carbon transition.
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Investigation launched over NGET’s demand forecasting
The investigation will examine whether NGET breached rules relating to its duty to operate the system in an economic and efficient manner.
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Innovation investments top £15.7 million for EIC
This brings to total investment the EIC has brokered in energy innovation to £15.7m since the EIC was launched in 2008.
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Innovative project highlights integrated energy solutions
Modern Energy Partners (MEP) is a collaborative project between Energy Systems Catapult, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), working with private sector specialists and Crown Commercial Service. It received £2 million in funding from the BEIS Energy Innovation Programme.
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Innovator Support Portal to provide international support for SMEs
The UK government backed Catapult offers innovator support across three tiers: Universal, Incubation and Acceleration, with the Innovator Support Portal (‘the Portal’) detailing Universal offerings, including:
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Industry partners awarded £10m for ‘Black Start’ project
Black Start is the procedure used to restore power in the highly unlikely event of a total or partial shutdown of the National Electricity Transmission System. Traditionally, large power stations would have been used to restore the system. However, as the UK moves to cleaner, greener energy generation, the changes in generation mean that new options must be developed.
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Industry recognised at Decentralised Energy Awards
The Decentralised Energy Awards ceremony and dinner is the Association for Decentralised Energy’s (ADE’s) flagship event.
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Innovation as usual
Innovation was a key word at this year’s Future Networks Conference and is something that both the gas and electricity networks are making business as usual.
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Increase in women on executive committees at utilities firms
The findings of the definitive Women Count report show that a quarter of those on executive committees are now women (up from 18% in 2018), and 22% of executive directors on the boards being women (up from 13% in 2018). The representation of women in P&L roles is still low, even though this had almost doubled since last year (up to 9% from 5% last year).
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Independent gas transportation network to be sold
The transaction is expected to be complete by the end of February 2019.
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