Wireless connectivity, electric vehicles, and renewable generation are changing how the electric industry works. This equipment is less tolerant to interruptions of any duration. As IoT and renewable technology continues to expand, these concerns will accelerate. In this digital age consumer expectations for reliability are higher than ever.
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Siemen’s professor of energy systems at Newcastle University, Phil Taylor, said the UK has “diminished its ability to use interconnectors” for system balancing and made decarbonising our energy system harder.
Brexit ‘bad for smart grids’, warns academic Read More »
The ESO has made the recommendation in its final technical report into the 9 August incident which was submitted to Ofgem on Friday (6 September).
Blackout report highlights need for review of security of supply standards Read More »
HyDeploy aims to establish the potential for blending hydrogen, up to 20 per cent, into the normal gas supply to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It is working towards a one-year live trial on part of Keele University’s private gas network, starting in 2019.
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Research by Barclays Bank recently estimated that the UK’s power infrastructure needs an investment of £215 billion by 2030. The investment is required to satisfy a number of critical requirements. The needs include the replacement of aging assets, deployment to new industrial, residential and transport developments, and, most significantly, support for the transition from a centralised generating model towards a distributed model – in other words, a smart grid.
Blind spot: Why telecoms must not be overlooked in the pursuit of smart grids Read More »
What are the current trends in energy systems and power transmission?
Blue: when green just isn’t enough Read More »
Many energy networks now engage in fairly comprehensive workforce planning, matching their recruitment and training requirements against upcoming work on new infrastructure projects and major asset renewal schemes.
Better together with skills Read More »
Having recently secured the exclusive UK rights to large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) from Dowell, a leading global provider, Ylem Energy will be showcasing the technology with a 1MW battery energy storage system that will be co-hosted at a UK-based landfill-gas generation site in the spring of 2019.
Biogas generation firm expands into flexibility Read More »
The Association of Decentralised Energy (ADE) said the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills had a “much better” understanding of energy users and their investment needs than the Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc).
BEIS could boost electricity efficiency savings Read More »
Large-scale energy storage technologies could “provide black start services in the event of a complete system shutdown”, BEIS said in a document outlining the terms of the competition.
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