The NIC-funded Distributed ReStart project aims to provide a world first by coordinating distributed energy resources (DER) to provide a safe and stable Black Start service in the event of system-wide blackout.
Distributed ReStart project: live trials Read More »
The district heat and power project in Gateshead will become part of Flexitricity’s demand response network. The project will receive in excess of £60,000 per year over the next 15 years by providing capacity to National Grid.
District energy scheme to get £1m boost from DSR Read More »
The UK Government has said that it will revise building regulations because of the issues raised by the appalling tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire. While attention is rightly concentrated on the building fabric and the safety of the people living in flats, attention on this sector may also provide the right time to improve residents long-term comfort and reduce their heating costs by setting quality standards for their heating.
District heating standards should be compulsory Read More »
The firm has just received a £650,000 grant from Innovate UK, the UK Government’s innovation agency, for their plan to harness the power of gravity to store renewable energy.
Disused mine shafts could become energy stores Read More »
The panel event on low carbon heating followed the government’s recent announcement in the clean growth strategy, published a fortnight ago, that it had identified three options for decarbonising heating.
Discarding gas grid would be ‘insanity’ Read More »
In just a year, UK Power Networks’ LoadShare trial has already saved customers £8 million, and enabled enough renewable power to run 45,000 homes to safely connect to a previously constrained point in the local electricity network.
Device powers 45,000 homes with renewable energy Read More »
Diamond Transmission Partners, a consortium comprising Mitsubishi Corporation and HICL Infrastructure Company Limited, was selected by Ofgem through a tender process in which bidders compete to become Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs).
Diamond Transmission Partners wins Ofgem’s wind farm link tender Read More »
The government’s Geospatial Commission has announced its ambition to bring together the existing data on underground pipes and cables to create an Underground Assets Register. This has begun with pilot projects in London and the North East, to test the feasibility of the project.
Digital map will show all of UK’s underground assets Read More »
Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 has created innovations across all sectors. Everything is now digital. The way we bank, watch TV and shop. Moreover, automation in manufacturing techniques has played a huge part in increasing efficiencies in both the manufacturing itself and the quality of the final product for years.
Digitalisation and data Read More »
Q: What key advice do you offer operators who are looking to fully digitalise their networks?
Digitalising the network Read More »
