Jones announced as new chairman of ENA
He replaces Robert Symons, the former chief executive of Western Power Distribution (WPD), who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer.
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Judges confirmed for Network Awards
The panel is made up of 10 leading gas, electricity and heat network specialists, who are expertly positioned to scrutinise and judge the sector’s entries.
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It’s the wrong kind of disruption
Utility Week Live set my head spinning. Numerous stands and speakers set out their roadmaps to a greener future, championing innovation and new business opportunities. Very impressive – yet why was it so unconvincing?
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Investment in north west’s power network continues
Storm Desmond caused widespread damage and disruption and the loss of power to 55,000 people in Lancaster and Morecambe after floodwater breached flood defences which were installed to withstand a ‘once-in-100-year’ floods and more than 13,000 homes and businesses in Cumbria.
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Investment in V2G
A year ago the future dominance of electric vehicles would have been regarded by many as an “if” not “when”. But in the interim we have had a conveyor belt of announcements by automotive manufacturers, governments and even petrochemical companies with hard commitments to this agenda. The debate has now flipped to one of how quickly this transition will now occur. The mid 20s are talked of as the boom time, but with EV battery capacity rising at an extraordinary rate and the choice of vehicles increasing almost monthly, this could come sooner. EV affordability is also much less of an issue than most people appreciate as in the region of 90 per cent of new EVs are “bought” on surprisingly competitive personal lease deals.
Ireland Power conference
Ireland Power, the sister event to the largest water conference in Ireland, Ireland Water, brings all the essential stakeholders together to address the economic, regulatory and environmental challenges facing the sector.
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Is CCS worth the candle?
“The costs of carbon capture and storage must come down if it is to play a part in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy.”
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Is critical infrastructure destined for the cloud?
Cloud computing is big business. Amazon’s AWS division, the industry’s largest cloud provider, is fast approaching the $10 billion mark in annual revenue, earned by selling computing capacity to businesses and public sector organisations around the world.
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Innovators recognised at UK Energy Innovation Awards 2019
The event took place on Thursday (26 September) evening at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool with more than 350 guests from the utilities sector and innovation community attending the glittering ceremony, which was organised by the EIC.
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Insights shared over gas-fired power generation
The gas emergency and pipeline service for Wales and the south west of England has seen a huge growth in demand for power station connections to its gas network since 2013 and the event was held to share best practice from viewpoint of both a gas distribution network (GDN) and developers.
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