Speaking to the Energy and Climate Change Committee earlier this week Davenport said it is her personal view that every single electric vehicle produced in the UK should automatically wait until a period of low energy demand to start charging unless a customer actively overrides it.
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The report from the Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology said there is a need for “strong city and local authority level involvement” in heat governance, although the resources to do this do not currently exist.
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At a ministerial summit in Leeds, hosted by Northern Gas Networks, Leadsom told Utility Week that using the existing gas networks for the transportation of shale gas is an “interesting idea”, especially if combined with innovations such as using hydrogen in the gas grid.
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The company yesterday (13 July) released the latest iteration of its annual Future Energy Scenarios report, which examines a series of possible trajectories for the energy system corresponding to different degrees of green ambition and prosperity.
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Utilising the existing gas distribution and transmission assets and adapting them to cope with green gases is predicted to cost £104 billion to £122bn by 2050 is estimated to be at least £34bn cheaper than alternative methods.
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Hydrogen and other green gas gases will be unable to fully decarbonise heating, according to University of Exeter energy policy researcher Richard Lowes, leaving electrification, district heating and perhaps solar thermal as better long-term solutions to the problem. The ENA, meanwhile, maintains that a “whole system” approach is the most reliable, secure and affordable solution.
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The gas distribution networks (GDNs) have mounted a robust defence of their profits, with Cadent arguing that they have delivered “a step change in customer outcomes”.
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The government should make increased connections of properties to the gas grid the focus of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and remove a cap on new connections under the Fuel Poor Network Extension Scheme (FPNES), according to the alliance.
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The strategy, launched this week at an event in east London, also includes a commitment to reboot efforts to encourage carbon capture and storage (CSS).
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The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) has published a new policy paper which lobbies government to introduce regulation to support decarbonisation of heating in off gas grid homes.
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