Industry insight
Technology & Operations
Taking a whole-system approach
Pete Massey, founder and director of Upcurve Limited, discusses the benefits of taking a whole-system approach.
Power
The evolving utility landscape
After years of comparative stability and predictability, power utilities' traditional business models are experiencing significant shift and disruption. Cisco's Andrew Longyear outlines why this requires a fresh approach to security, from protecting networks to safeguarding critical national infrastructure.
Gas
Quality apprenticeships for networks
Dr Jacqueline Hall, associate director of the Energy & Utilities Independent Assessment Service (EUIAS), discusses the importance of assessing apprentices working in the sector.
Gas
Energy and transport integration
Faye Banks (director of energy) and Phil Proctor (associate director - smart grid technologies) from Costain discuss meeting climate change targets through the integration of energy and transport sectors.
Technology & Operations
Deploying energy storage solutions
The UK will hopefully see the addition of around 500 megawatts of operational battery storage within the next 12 months. If the regulatory regime in the UK is upgraded to allow for the growth in deployment of storage technologies, it is anticipated that up to 12GW of battery storage will be deployed by the end of 2021. Here, Omexom discuss the work its doing in this area.
Power
Developing a transport-energy plan
Faye Banks, director of energy at Costain, discusses integrating transport and energy networks to meet decarbonisation targets.
Technology & Operations
Deploying energy storage solutions
The UK will hopefully see the addition of around 500 megawatts of operational battery storage within the next 12 months. If the regulatory regime in the UK is upgraded to allow for the growth in deployment of storage technologies, it is anticipated that up to 12GW of battery storage will be deployed by the end of 2021.
Gas
Providing real-time condition information
Elimpus Ltd has installed several of Vaisala's online transformer monitoring solutions on behalf of Scottish Power, a leading British energy provider, to provide real-time condition information.
Technology & Operations
Asset management strategies are changing
Utilities have long used a cycle-based maintenance approach to asset management, including activities such as inspections, refurbishments and replacements. This industry insight from Nokia looks at how their approach is changing.
Power
Active network management from LV to HV
ZIV Automation continues to push the boundaries of network management solutions.
Power
Powerful analysis of digital substations
Due to the increasing implementation of the IEC 61850 standard for communication between Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED) in operational substations, the world of protection engineering is evolving. Ali Abdulla, application specialist at OMICRON elaborates on this.
Power
Locating faults
Jonathan Hopkins, sales director EMEA at S&C Electric Company, highlights the importance of locating faults on cable sections of both mixed and underground circuits.
Power
ZIV opens new factory in Newcastle
ZIV has moved its premises from Jarrow (Newcastle) to new and larger facilities in Gateshead (Newcastle).
Customers
Flexibility is key
As networks seek to respond to changing operational demands and the ongoing drive for efficiency, flexibility is key.
Technology & Operations
Looking after your assets
As UK network companies start to develop optimised business plans for RIIO2, Pete Massey, founder and director of Upcurve Limited, looks at how French transmission system operator RTE adopted a new and holistic way of thinking to drive its asset management strategies.
Gas
Tidal forces of change
Jeffrey Casey, UK director of business development at Burns & McDonnell, examines the four D's that are creating utility disruption and offers some ideas to stop utilities from being left behind.
Power
Analytics a key building block for utility IoT solution
Nokia discuss the Internet of Things (IoT).
Customers
Using mGuard in the energy industry
Nigel Dawbarn, market segment manager - industry management and automation at Phoenix Contact, discusses the importance of secure connections for industrial control systems.
Gas
Steve Vick International introduces SMARTester
Steve Vick International, in partnership with Wales & West Utilities, has developed SMARTester - a fully integrated wireless pressure testing system for smart metering, upstream and downstream of the meter.
Power
Mobile workforce management: How to achieve a 20% increase in productivity
David Murray, CEO at Kirona shares his insight as to how some of the leading multi-utility infrastructure and services providers are increasing productivity of their mobile workforce by an average of 20 per cent, whilst also improving customer service.
Technology & Operations
ZIV keeps innovating towards full grid intelligence
ZIV Automation discuss the importance of advanced monitoring of low and medium voltage distribution networks.
Gas
Power sector performance still hampered by transformer monitoring inefficiencies
Vaisala discuss the importance of DGA monitoring.
Power
Breaking the trade-off: sustained outages vs short interruptions
Christopher McCarthy (managing director - EMEA) at S&C Electric Company discusses dealing with outages.
Power
What path is your grid data taking?
Nokia discuss the subject of smart telecommunication technologies.
Power
Get ahead of the IoT device management challenge
Nokia discuss the subject of smart infrastructure and connected assets.
Power
How harnessing data can make your connected assets work for you
Frazer-Nash Consultancy discuss the importance of data.
Power
Short-interruption incentives aid renewable generation
Christopher McCarthy (managing director-EMEA) and Christopher Watts (regulatory affairs director), at S&C Electric Company, discuss the reasons why short-interruption incentives would aid renewable generation.
People & Skills
OMICRON opens new service and training centre
In response to the ever-progressive technological challenges that the power industry faces, OMICRON - a global company which provides innovative products for the testing and monitoring of assets - has purpose-built a new service and training centre in the Midlands. Area sales manager David Brazier explains the need for this investment.
Customers
The case for a role-based approach to DSO
Dr Vincent Thornley, technology director at Fundamentals, looks at how distribution network operators are continuing their transition to distribution system operators.
Power
Decentralisation – unlocking the key to the future network
Powerstar discuss the reasons why decentralisation is key to unlocking the future network.
Heat
Going digital: the hidden wealth of grids
Bernard Magee, head of strategy and marketing for power networks at Siemens Energy Management, discusses the benefits of digitalisation when it comes to sharing data.