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.
There is limited evidence that Low Carbon Network Fund projects are able to transition to BAU in the short-term, due to the technology readiness level of many of the projects being undertaken, according to the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC).
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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.
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The event took place on Thursday (26 September) evening at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool with more than 350 guests from the utilities sector and innovation community attending the glittering ceremony, which was organised by the EIC.
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The network operator won the 2019 EEI International Edison Award at a ceremony in Philadelphia, United States, for its part in enabling Britain’s low carbon transition.
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Fundamentally, they need to optimise their existing assets – cutting losses and leaks, adding connections and customers – to meet the expectations of Ofgem and Ofwat, while also re-shaping their businesses to achieve full and rapid decarbonisation.
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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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