Market conditions, a robust NBP price and anticipated lower variable costs, led to a record performance for December 2018. This is a stark contrast to December 2017, when the terminal only delivered gas above minimum send out on two occasions.
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Mention the term microgrid, and most people tend to think of providing access to power on remote islands or in poorly served regions in developing markets. But recent developments are highlighting a big potential role for microgrids in mature power markets, including the UK, where it’s becoming clear that new ways of thinking about power supply capacity, stability and resilience are needed.
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According to analysis of Electric Insights data by researchers at Imperial College London, in collaboration with Drax, 2017 was also on course to be the cleanest year for electricity generation.
Great Britain’s lowest carbon Christmas Read More »
“Great Scott! 1.21 gigawatts! 1.21 gigawatts!” Although these are the words of Doctor Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy, here at NIE Networks we are proclaiming a similar message. The Doc had to harness a lightning strike to provide this power, but a more feasible approach has been developed to supply the customers of Northern Ireland: distributed generation (DG).
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The new paper – Engineering for Energy – says coal and gas power stations are needed to make sure the country can get back online quickly after a system crash.
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The funding will support the on-street residential chargepoint scheme, launched in 2017, which helps people access charging infrastructure near their homes when they don’t have off-street parking.
Government announces £2.5m funding for on-street EV charging points Read More »
Twelve projects are set to receive a share of the £37m funding, to support the creation of innovations including wireless charging technologies, meaning electric vehicles of the future could charge without the need to plug in a cable.
Government announces funding boost for EV infrastructure Read More »
The announcement is included in Heat Networks: Ensuring Sustained Investment and Protecting Consumers.
Government announces plans to regulate heat networks Read More »
The funding will pay for research and design and development, with the aim of exploring and trialling both the technology itself and commercial opportunities.
Government invests £30m in V2G technologies Read More »
Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has commissioned the Energy Emergencies Executive Committee to consider the incident which effected around one million customers and was caused when two major generators disconnected from the transmission system, causing frequency to drop to less than 49 hertz.
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