Manchester explosion was not due to network fault
The blast, which destroyed an end of terrace house in Cecil Road Blackley, occurred just after midday yesterday (Monday 16 January).
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Marine survey work starts for Greenlink interconnector
The surveying is expected to take around 40 days and started with the launch of the first of MMT’s survey vessels, MV Franklin, from Pembroke Dock in Wales.
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Maximising power generation from older landfill sites
As the gas produced at landfill sites diminishes over time, many are left with an oversized generation capacity when compared to the available gas. When this happens, many suppliers and operators are seemingly abandoning their clients by withdrawing their generation plant and services.
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Mayor sets out London’s EV charging network plans
The Mayor wants London to become a zero-emission city and will use the capital’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce and other industry partners to drive forward a number of initiatives including:
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Managing your assets
Moving towards a low-carbon future and tackling climate change is bringing new challenges to the operators of the UK and Ireland’s energy networks. It will be vital to transform the capability of the networks while keeping costs down for consumers. This means managing our asset base in a smarter and more efficient way.
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Making substations the cornerstone of your smart grid
Utilities today face increasing pressure to improve grid reliability and efficiency, while simultaneously enhancing security of supply. They must also support a higher ratio of distributed energy resources (DER) — such as renewable energy sources, distributed storage, and electric vehicle charging stations — connected to medium voltage (MV) or low voltage (LV) distribution systems.
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Making the most of your assets
If energy networks are to cope successfully with the new demands arising from the decarbonisation of the energy system, whilst maintaining a reliable service to customers and minimising costs, it will be vital for them to maximise the performance of their assets.
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Man cheats death after coming into contact with power line
The network operator, which has restored power to 23,000 homes since Thursday evening, revealed that on Saturday (3 March) afternoon a walker saw a large tree branch hanging from an overhead line in a row of trees in Mottram, Hyde, Greater Manchester and attempted to remove it himself. After ‘feeling a tingle’ he then called Electricity North West who immediately cut power to the line from its control room in Manchester and advised him to stay away from the line.
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Managing vegetation
Point4, the UK leader in the effective and efficient mitigation of tree risk to critical infrastructure, has announced that it has been awarded a grant by the European Space Agency to help co-fund a 30-month project looking into how satellites can be used to help network operators manage the growing problem of vegetation management.
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