energy systems integration

Utility Week Energy Summit

Gas

Utility Week Energy Summit

The UK's leading event for policymakers, investors, energy producers, distributors, retailers & wider stakeholders shaping the UK energy landscape

Utility Week Congress 2018

Power

Utility Week Congress 2018

The premier event for water, gas and electricity sector leaders offering strategic insight at the highest level.

Getting ready to transform the power system

Power

Getting ready to transform the power system

Eric Brown, the head of innovation at the Energy Systems Catapult, outlines the next stages of Future Power System Architecture Project

Preparing the Power System for 2030

Power

Preparing the Power System for 2030

The Future Power System Architecture project is working to understand how the system should move forward to meet these changes in demand by 2030. Eric Brown provides a brief overview of the next stages of the programme.

NGN partners in £30m integrated energy centre

Gas

NGN partners in £30m integrated energy centre

Northern Gas Networks has partnered with the Centre for Integrated Energy Systems to set up a £30m research and demonstration facility for multi-vector energy systems.

Align network price controls to boost innovation

Gas

Align network price controls to boost innovation

Ofgem should change to regulatory price control periods for gas and electricity networks in order to encourage joint investment planning and a "whole system" approach to decarbonisation, according to a leading academic.

ETI sets out multi-vector energy plan

Gas

ETI sets out multi-vector energy plan

A new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has laid out possible strategies for achieving an integrated approach to energy system planning.

Move beyond vector-specific energy regimes

Gas

Move beyond vector-specific energy regimes

‘Whole system’ thinking for governance and regulation of energy networks could unlock untold efficiencies and business opportunity, says George Day

Editor’s weekly: Political turmoil hampers innovation direction

Heat

Editor’s weekly: Political turmoil hampers innovation direction

Continued uncertainty around the direction of travel for policy and regulation with regards to decentralised energy technologies and system responsibilities makes it difficult to measure innovation success, says Network's editor.

Industry must break step to cross the bridge

Innovation, technology & operations

Industry must break step to cross the bridge

The challenge of energy system transformation will require market participant to adopt new gaits says John Parsons.

Editor’s weekly: the next phase for decarbonisation

Gas

Editor’s weekly: the next phase for decarbonisation

Whole system thinking about energy is coming into its own as the capacity of the power sector to take us further down the road to decarbonisation runs low.

Smart energy dynamics: language and modelling methodologies

Gas

Smart energy dynamics: language and modelling methodologies

After the Brexit vote, UK networks have a once in a generation opportunity to advance a whole system methodology for smart energy, says Duncan Botting.

Lord Bourne speaks out on Brexit energy risks

Gas

Lord Bourne speaks out on Brexit energy risks

Writing exclusively for Network and Utility Week, Lord Bourne, parliamentary under secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc), says exiting the EU would be bad for energy investment, energy costs and energy security.

£15m competition to spur energy systems innovation

Innovation

£15m competition to spur energy systems innovation

Innovate UK and the Knowledge Transfer Network have begun seeking out potential participants for an innovation competition aimed at creating new infrastructure systems, including energy.