Moving towards a low-carbon future and tackling climate change is bringing new challenges to the operators of the UK and Ireland’s energy networks. It will be vital to transform the capability of the networks while keeping costs down for consumers. This means managing our asset base in a smarter and more efficient way.
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This year’s LCNI Conference took place in Telford and attracted more than 1,000 delegates. The event, which was in its eighth year, has become a key fixture in the energy networks calendar and provides an opportunity to explore key learnings from electricity and gas network innovation projects.
The conference is hosted by the Energy Networks Association (ENA) and brings together in one place all the UK’s gas and electricity network companies, Government, regulators and the key industry spokespeople from across the country to provide attendees with an opportunity to engage and shape electricity and gas network innovation.
LCNI Conference details announced Read More »
At the end of April this year, Ofgem announced that it will not be launching a mid-period review into the current RIIO1 price control system regulating UK electricity networks. Their conclusion was that RIIO1 was working as intended and they had not identified any issues within the current price control system. They also mentioned that they are happy with preparations by energy networks in specific areas including electric vehicles, cyber security, new European laws and storm resilience. DNOs have committed to using existing allowances of over £600m to drive innovation further into a smarter, more flexible energy system. This helps ensure the energy networks are being more proactive and flexible in meeting demands of newer technologies and services to customers.
Keeping regulatory certainty Read More »
It’s not by chance that the UK’s energy networks are the safest they have ever been.
Keeping networks safe Read More »
It was almost like the beginning of a James Bond film.
Keeping networks safe Read More »
He replaces Robert Symons, the former chief executive of Western Power Distribution (WPD), who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer.
Jones announced as new chairman of ENA Read More »
The electricity and gas networks are no longer the hidden heroes of the energy industry. Over the last few years they have been steadily improving their service for the public – delivering lower cost and more reliable power and gas than ever before. Power cuts are fewer and shorter while the gas network is so reliable that the probability of an unplanned supply interruption is once every 140 years.
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Around 2.7 million new cars were registered in the UK in 2016. From 2040, all such vehicles will be required to qualify as zero emissions vehicles with electric vehicles likely to be dominant.
Industry anticipates EV surge as conventional cars phased out Read More »
£70m for electricity network projects and £20m for gas network projects is being made available with cross-vector schemes potentially able to access funding from both pots.
Ideas sought for £90m annual innovation competition Read More »
