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UK’s first municipal waste gasification plant developed
Aldridge-based Kew Technology, in partnership with the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has developed the UK's first municipal waste gasification plant which can be used to produce clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and liquid fuels from waste.
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Network Asset Performance Conference 2019
The 2019 Network Asset Performance Conference will bring together leaders from gas & power to help tackle network asset challenges head on. The conference will consist of a range of presentations, case studies and interactive panel sessions and will address how networks can continue to improve asset resilience, the impact RIIO-2 will have on asset management, the importance of data optimisation and how performance can be maintained through the increased introduction of electric vehicles.
Gas
Arup report highlights potential of hydrogen
A new report from Arup finds that hydrogen has a potentially significant role to play in decarbonising the whole energy system in the UK.
Heat
Northern Powergrid investigates transformer heat recovery viability
Northern Powergrid has joined forces with Arup to help manage losses from its power network by investigating the reuse of heat generated by its transformers.
Gas
The key to a low-carbon energy future
Stuart Easterbrook, future gas strategy manager at Cadent, on why decisions made at a local level are key to a low-carbon energy future.
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Future of Heat
The Future of Heat is a brand new event from the team who organise the annual Network Forum and Awards. The new conference will address the issues surrounding decarbonising heat across the UK, with a strong focus on learning from ongoing projects and developing both policy and technical solutions to current and future challenges.
Heat
First trial selling ‘heat as a service’ instead of KWh
Bristol Energy has become the first energy supplier in the UK to trial selling 'heat as a service', rather than kilowatt hours (kWh).
Gas
Open Networks Project phase 3 consultation launched
Phase 3 of the Energy Networks Association's Open Networks Project has gone out to public consultation.
Gas
Ground-breaking energy storage operational in Newcastle
The world's first grid-scale pumped heat energy storage system is now up and running at Newcastle University, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced.
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The decarbonisation challenge
Simon Fairman - director, safety and network strategy at Cadent - looks at the role of gas and hydrogen powered vehicles in helping to reduce emissions.
Gas
ETI outlines energy system scenarios
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has highlighted two different energy scenarios that demonstrate how the UK could decarbonise heat to meet its 2050 climate change targets.
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Storing energy
Technologies such as power-to-gas offer the opportunity to store energy for long periods at scale for electricity networks, and provide an important decarbonisation strategy for heat. This article examines the technology.
Gas
Swift and decisive action needed on carbon capture
Is the UK on the brink of finally realising the economic and environmental potential of Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) technology? A report by the Government's CCUS Taskforce urges swift and decisive action to tip the balance for an industry primed to deliver. Simon Fairman, director network strategy and safety at Cadent, gives his view.
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NGN backs call to speed up hydrogen decision
Northern Gas Networks has backed the findings of a Committee on Climate Change report which calls on the government to speed up a decision around the use of hydrogen for heat.
Gas
How will energy look in 2035?
Arup recently unveiled a study that details what the landscape of the UK's energy systems will look like in 2035. In this article, Filippo Gaddo - head of energy economics - makes some predictions for the future.
Gas
Network launches editorial board
Network has launched an editorial advisory board which is made up of key figures from the sector.
Gas
The freedom to decarbonise heat
Chris Clarke, director of asset management and HSE, Wales and West Utilities, discusses the decarbonisation of heat.
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‘Enormous’ gas network storage capacity vital to decarbonisation
Gas networks have a vital role play in the decarbonisation of heating as there is currently no replacement in sight for the "enormous" energy storage capacity they can provide.
Gas
Gas networks ‘exaggerating’ peak heat challenge
Gas networks and other industry incumbents are exaggerating the difficulties of meeting peak heat demand through electrification, as they fight to maintain a role in the low-carbon future, the Exeter Energy Policy Group has argued.
Gas
BEIS pipes £25m into hydrogen demo for heating
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has revealed plans to pipe £25 million into a new programme exploring the use of hydrogen for heating.
Heat
Clark gives go-ahead to energy-from-waste plant
Business and energy secretary Greg Clark has given the go-ahead to a new energy-from-waste plant at the Edmonton EcoPark in London.
Gas
Gas grid connections best way to combat fuel poverty
Installing gas central heating in homes which currently rely on electricity for warmth is the best way to combat fuel poverty, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) has argued in a new report.
Gas
RHI review seeks to boost energy from waste
A review of the Renewable Heat Incentive has set new feedstock requirements for biogas manufacture which will encourage the production of energy from waste.
Gas
Editor’s weekly: Gas future still unsettled
A recent report from ETI suggests gas networks may need to adapt to a diminished role in the future of the energy system, despite efforts to justify their long term relevance.
Heat
Heat 2016
The Association of Decentralised Energy, in partnership with the Energy Technologies Institute, brings you Heat 2016.
Gas
Is CCS worth the candle?
George Day sets out ETI's thinking around the whole system appeal of CCS technology.
Gas
Catch it, keep it: the role of CCS in decarbonising gas and heat
CCS is struggling for a future in the UK. Network explores its value to the challenge of decarbonising heat via the gas grid.
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Atkins to lead hydrogen storage scoping
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed engineering consultancy Atkins to lead a study which will identify sites suitable for the storage of hydrogen gas in the UK.
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Editor’s weekly: LCNI 2016
Jane Gray pulls together key themes and observations from the 2016 Low Carbon Networks and Innovation Conference.
Gas
Murphy starts substation build for new CHP plant
J Murphy & Sons has completed the first phase of utility installations for a new biomass CHP power plant in Northumberland and will now begin construction of the plant substation.
Heat
Ofgem targets “flexible” scenario planning
The energy regulator has unveiled a new programme of insight reports to help it develop an “open minded and flexible” response to the energy revolution.