grids
Technology & Operations
Call for utilities to invest in new technologies to cope with growth of renewables
Distribution utilities need to adopt new technologies and new ways of thinking to slash the cost of integrating renewable energy generators, electric vehicles and other distributed energy resources (DER) into their grids, according to the latest white paper from Smarter Grid Solutions.
Power
Network operators agree flexibility commitment
Britain's electricity network operators have entered into a commitment which will see them include smart flexibility service markets as part of their day-to-day operations.
Technology & Operations
Firms invited to bid for construction of Ireland-Wales interconnector
Companies are being invited to express an interest in bidding for construction of a 205km undersea electricity interconnector between the UK and Ireland.
Gas
Discarding gas grid would be ‘insanity’
Discarding the gas grid would be an act of "insanity", the policy director of the Energy Networks Association Tony Glover has told a meeting at the House of Commons.