Editor’s weekly: the next phase for decarbonisation
The revolution is growing in pace and reach.
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Editor’s blog: The biggest tests of resilience are yet to come
Network responses to the threat of Covid-19 have been confident and effective. But as lockdown wears on, leaders are turning their eyes to longer term worries, writes Jane Gray.
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Editor’s weekly: A challenge awaits response
Commissioned by the department formerly known as Decc, the Future Power Systems Architecture report took a year to compile and has been on the cusp of launching since May.
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Editor’s weekly: a plot twist for Hinkley
No sitcom or soap opera has ever maintained such a s successful “will they-wont they” drama as EDF and the UK government have achieved over Hinkley Point C.
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Editor’s Weekly: Anticipating a call for evidence
There’s a looming “back to school” atmosphere as the August lull for business and industry draws to a close.
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Editor’s weekly: Gas future still unsettled
The need for whole system thinking about energy has been a consistent thread running through industry debate this year. It was a key theme at the LCNI conference in Manchester (p18) and the raison d’etre for the Future Power System Architecture study.
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ECCC member Heappey ‘relatively relaxed’ over scrapping of Decc
He said he hoped it would mean each governmental department would become responsible for their own decarbonisation.
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DSO concept is a ‘classic British fudge’
Policy-makers should instead implement a “distribution service provider” (DSP) model, which would not only see operators balance local networks but also facilitate markets for products and services and dispense data to market participants.
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DSR is ‘fanciful nonsense’, says union
The union for energy workers said a “smart energy revolution”, where an internet of energy allows fridges, washing machines and dishwashers to be automatically run at times of low-energy-demand to help lower peak demand is “fanciful nonsense”.
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Don’t rule out DNO-owned storage, ENA warns
In its submission to the government and Ofgem’s smart systems call for evidence, the ENA said its members support flexibility, including storage, being procured from the competitive market.
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