assets
Heat
Cadent agrees to pay £24m for past failings
Cadent has agreed to pay £24 million and establish a £20m community fund after an intervention from energy regulator Ofgem over three serious failings.
Power
Drone project begins flight trials on energy network assets
A project, exploring how drone technology can be used to inspect network infrastructure, is set to begin conducting trials on both the electricity and gas networks this spring.
Technology & Operations
Shape the future: Achieve a digital utility network
A new report from Leica Geosystems designed to help utilities organisations gain visibility of their assets is now available to download.
Technology & Operations
Simplifying partial discharge testing
OMICRON's Andreas Cobet introduces MONTESO 200, a revolutionary new device designed to simplify the challenging area of partial discharge testing.
Gas
Making excavation safer
The unintentional striking of an electrical cable or gas pipeline has a significant impact on asset owners, damaging their infrastructure, disrupting their customers and undermining their brand reputation. Richard Broome, managing director at LSBUD (Linesearch BeforeUdig), draws on data from the company's recent 'Digging Up Britain' report to consider how common a problem asset strikes are and looks at what more can be done to stop them.
Power
Northern Powergrid protects assets with new eco-paint
Northern Powergrid has become the UK's first distribution network operator (DNO) to trial an innovative new eco-paint.
Power
Ensuring resilience
Grid reliability and the control and protection of assets remain critical issues for networks. Ben Hargreaves reports.
Heat
Time to change or fail
Matt Hastings, programme director at Centrica's Cornwall Local Energy Market, explains the importance of disrupting your own business model.