Centrica to build battery storage facility
The 49MW project is scheduled to start operating in the winter of 2018 following 20 months of construction.
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CEOs commit to sector inclusion initative
The Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership, led by sector employers, recognised in its Workforce Renewal and Skills Strategy: 2020 that its current workforce fails to fully represent the 65 million people it serves every day.
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CCC report outlines measures needed to achieve climate targets
In a new report ‘UK housing: Fit for the future?‘ the CCC warns that the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets will not be met without the near-complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from UK buildings. The report finds that emissions reductions from the UK’s 29 million homes have stalled, while energy use in homes – which accounts for 14% of total UK emissions – increased between 2016 and 2017.
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CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce publishes report to Government
The report sets out the opportunity and value that CCUS delivers across the UK economy and emphasises the need for urgency to enable CCUS to fulfil its role in achieving the lowest-cost route to meeting the UK’s statutory climate change targets.
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Cenex to carry out EV charge point feasibility study
The transport and energy not for profit consultancy has been appointed by Cadwyn Clwyd, a Rural Development Agency, and Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC), to determine the feasibility of installing the points across the county.
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Campaign to accelerate EVs and ‘smart’ charging urged
This would involve an “ongoing and proactive” campaign to promote the benefits of smart charging to the public, organised either by a new independent body, or by an existing body, such as Go Ultra Low or the Energy Saving Trust, with an extended remit.
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Capturing carbon
The first output from the Catapult’s project was published in May 2018 and was an analysis of the current pattern of ‘effective carbon prices’ in the UK for decarbonisation in different economic sectors and activities. This showed a range of “effective carbon prices” with a number of areas that still appear “under taxed”, including coal and gas-based generation and energy consumption in homes and businesses.
Capula hits deadline on SCS upgrade framework
The work included an upgrade at Hutton substation where Capula’s approach cut the traditional nine months it takes to do a full replacement to just eight weeks, with just one primary circuit outage over the usual multiple outages.
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Case Study: Modelling, managing and mitigating fault levels
The aim was to enable to more synchronous generation to connect to the 11kV network in and around Birmingham City Centre without the need for costly reinforcements by modelling, managing and mitigating fault levels.
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Catapult calls for better local energy planning
The figures show that 358 local authorities decreased their carbon dioxide emissions in 2017, 12 less than the previous year.
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