Distribution network operators (DNOs) could meet the challenges of decarbonisation under the current model, one speaker explained. But doing so would be “horrendously expensive”, requiring huge investments in new capacity to meet peaks in demand.
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One of the main subjects for debate was the governance and regulation of the energy system. Energy Systems Catapult head of innovation Eric Brown (pictured) kicked off the discussion by laying out the scale of the challenge: “Broadly speaking, we’ve inherited the current world from the 1980s when the current frameworks were put in place. And those frameworks were based on the nature of the system and business models as they existed at the time.”
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In a statement the company said that it does not anticipate disruption to the importation of gas from Great Britain to Ireland.
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The facility will underpin a total €205m investment in Ireland’s gas network.
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Do you see gas distribution operators and the existing gas pipe infrastructure having a role to play if the nascent shale gas industry takes off in the UK?
The trade body has seized on a funding announcement published earlier this week by the Department for Transport and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, which they claim show gas-powered vehicles offer better value for money, both for taxpayers and passengers.
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For the first time since the industrial revolution the UK has gone for the longest period where no coal generated power entered the national grid. Much of this is thanks to the increased role gas has played in generating electricity. But at a time when the Committee on Climate Change and climate activists are calling for a zero-carbon world, why is gas still being used?
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According to National Grid, the gasholders once played an essential role in making sure local homes had a reliable gas supply. They were filled with gas during times of low demand so that they could feed into the local network of pipes at times of peak demand.
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The report ‘Pressure in the pipeline: decarbonising the UK’s gas‘ argues that deeper decarbonisation of UK gas is essential if the country is to meet its current and likely future emissions reduction target. The report assesses how to decarbonise gas in the UK by increasing the supply of low carbon gases and by reducing demand for gas in the heat sector. It calls for new government investment and incentives for decarbonisation to be an urgent priority in Ofgem’s next price control framework for gas from April 2021.
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During the Spring Statement on Wednesday (13 March) the Government announced that it will introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025, so that new build homes are future-proofed with low carbon heating and “world leading levels of energy efficiency.”
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