APP specialises in technology for the production of green gas and recently partnered with Cadent (formerly National Grid Gas Distribution) to begin construction of the world’s first commercially operating plant for the conversion of household waste into green gas.
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Alistair Buchanan has spent almost three decades in the industry, including 10 years as chief executive at the energy regulator.
Former Ofgem chief joins ENW as non-executive director Read More »
Analysis by the research body found that the costs of absorbing intermittent renewable generation remain “relatively modest” in general, but vary enormously depending on the flexibility of the energy system.
Flexibility needed ‘urgently’ to avoid spiralling renewable costs Read More »
In 2016 Ofgem called on DNOs to find new ways of speeding up the connection process, including flexible connections, active management, consortiums and enforcing progression milestones.
Flexible connections free 3.7GW of network capacity Read More »
The conference will explore the drivers for flexibility and set the strategic context, before diving into the detail of operational and technical solutions around storage and DSR, including the latest findings from innovation-funded studies. It will ask how customers and other stakeholders can be engaged in the transition, and will look at the role of flexibility beyond the network, at grid-level.
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“The financial opportunities for electric vehicles, flexibility options and low-carbon generation are massively volatile across scenarios.”
Flexible price controls needed for uncertain future Read More »
According to anonymous sources quoted by the newspaper, they include owners of two other DNOs – Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure, which holds a 40 per cent stake in UK Power Networks, and the Spanish utility Iberdrola, which owns SP Energy Networks through its parent company Scottish Power.
Five remain in final bidding round for Electricity North West Read More »
Beginning with trials back in 2013, the technology is now becoming mainstream thanks to Scottish Power Energy Networks’ ongoing two-year LiDAR project. This is helping other networks to embrace the technology through the dissemination of lessons learned via workshops and presentations.
Five ways LiDAR technology is mapping the future Read More »
The paper ‘Arming the Fleet – accelerating businesses scale adoption of EVs’, highlights that fleets are not being considered adequately in the current EV debate, and that there is also a gap that needs to be bridged between the fleet industry and the power sector to build mutual understanding of key objectives and opportunities for collaboration.
Fleets could lead the EV roll-out Read More »
This surpasses the previous record of 193 hours and 25 minutes (eight days, one hour and 25 minutes), which was set just a few weeks ago on 9 May.
First ever fortnight of coal-free operation Read More »
