For the first time since the industrial revolution the UK has gone for the longest period where no coal generated power entered the national grid. Much of this is thanks to the increased role gas has played in generating electricity. But at a time when the Committee on Climate Change and climate activists are calling for a zero-carbon world, why is gas still being used?
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According to the findings in the ENA’s impact assessment consultation, there is strong agreement to build closer coordination between distribution system operators (DSO) and the electricity system operator (ESO) – World B.
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The partners will build a “first-of-a-kind” shared asset register of electricity generation and storage connected to the transmission and distribution networks.
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It analyses the benefits of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology, which allows EVs to support the electricity network, storing power when it is abundant and feeding it back into the grid at times of peak demand.
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The research also showed that if the carbon emitted in making their battery is included, the CO2 emissions are half those of a conventional vehicle.
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According to the network operator, customers and the wider EV industry have told electricity networks that they are strongly in favour of giving people choice about how and when they charge. Shift is hoping to answer questions such as how smart charging could unlock the financial, environmental and social benefits of customers charging their electric vehicle during off-peak hours.
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The call comes as the ENA Open Networks Project launches its latest consultation on flexibility services, which will look at how energy network operators across the country can help Britain’s homes, businesses and communities realise the benefits of a smarter, more flexible energy system. That system could help the UK save up to £8bn a year by 2030, National Infrastructure Commission research shows – all whilst helping power it towards its 2050 Net Zero carbon emissions target.
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Government demands for decarbonisation, a changing energy landscape of renewables, demand-side response, battery storage, the growth of electric vehicles and advances in digital technology require the use of innovative tools and techniques. These include: IoT, web-based customer self-service, blockchain, geospatial and even space-based technologies such as Earth Observation to enable the transition of distribution network operators (DNOs) to distribution system operators (DSOs) and the creation of the smart grid.
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Sector-wide initiatives to develop and offer to customers quicker and lower capital DG integration into the distribution network began in the early 2000s. Various ad hoc approaches utilising available protection, control and operational communications technologies had already been implemented in a small number of places at that point. But interest and activity in ANM grew quickly in parallel with both clean energy incentives and network innovation funding. A major breakthrough came in the form of a multiple generating unit, multiple network constraint ANM system in the renewable rich Orkney Islands. Scottish & Southern Energy Networks and Smarter Grid Solutions pioneered a more sophisticated, scalable and acceptable technological approach to flexible DG connections and the ANM system in Orkney has now been in continuous and successful operation for 10 years delivering significant benefits to renewable generator and customers.
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