Electricity demand set to reduce if UK workforce self-isolates
Its analysis shows the reduction in commercial and industrial use would outweigh an upsurge in domestic demand.
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Electricity flexibility project gets Ofgem green light
The project will see people’s electricity demand and supply “flexibility” traded in a newly-created digital marketplace, as the network company continues to pioneer innovative ways of cost-effectively managing the electricity grid for the financial benefit of customers.
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Electricity innovation showcase highlights savings of £149m
The company’s Better Networks Forum at the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London showcases a range of cost-saving projects and is a chance for industry peers to gain an insight into how UK Power Networks keeps the lights on for 8.3 million customers at the lowest cost.
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Electricity North West announces partnership with GridBeyond
The company says the partnership “exists to better manage the decentralisation and flexibility of energy in the North West, and to ensure industrial, commercial and public sector organisations in the area have access to the best combined experience, expertise and innovation in energy.”
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Electricity North West complete power upgrade
The network operator started to install 2.3km of new and efficient underground electricity cable in July.
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ElectraLink signs deal with National Grid to provide generation data
This follows a change implemented by ElectraLink to the data access rules in its agreement with the users of the data transfer service in response to National Grid’s concerns over its ability to accurately gauge electricity demand during peak periods.
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Electric vehicles: friend or foe?
The number of grid-rechargeable electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the UK has doubled between 2015 and 2016 (Fig. 1). Globally, the statistics on EV adoption display the early signs of an exponential curve. Management scientists call this the S-pattern of new technology adoption: smart phones, hybrid vehicles, and the Internet have all followed similar trajectories. If EV growth continues at this rate, by 2018 we could see over 100,000 new plug-in vehicles per year being sold in the UK.
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Editor’s weekly: Brexit should spur industry collaboration
You’ll forgive me for starting this first round up with a few thoughts on Brexit and its undoubtedly enormous implications for all parts of British society and industry – including networks.
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Editor’s weekly: LCNI 2016
The Low Carbon Networks and Innovation (LCNI) conference, now the energy networks’ de facto event for dissemination of findings from funded innovation schemes, took place last week on Electricity North West’s (ENW’s) patch.
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Editor’s weekly: The department is dead, long live the department!
In yet another week of political tumult the Department of Energy and Climate change has met its fate and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) has risen glorious from the ashes.
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