The company has now deployed more than half of the hybrid heating systems which will be installed in 75 homes in Bridgend as part of the £5.2 million innovation scheme.
Hybrid heating demo hits early milestone Read More »
WPD has been operating helicopters as a company since SWEB (South West Electricity Board) used their first helicopter back in 1963.
At the time of its launch, Electric Nation was the world’s largest home smart charging trial with 673 EV drivers taking part in the 18-month trial. Between them they provided data for more than a million charging records.
Electric Nation findings call for EV tariffs Read More »
The figure is little more than a third of the £15 million prize pool which was up for grabs through the first tier portfolio reward (FTPR) scheme.
DNOs awarded £5.5m for ‘exceptional’ innovation Read More »
The price controls do not impose sufficient penalties on distribution network operators (DNOs) for inflating their cost forecasts, according to Helen Poulter of the Exeter Energy Policy Group.
DNOs still able to ‘game the system’ under RIIO Read More »
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths AM and Assembly Member for Ogmore, Huw Irranca-Davies visited a home taking part in the £5.2 million Freedom Project to see first-hand how the installation of 75 hybrid heating systems in a mix of private and social housing in Bridgend has delivered benefits.
Collaborative energy project hosts Cabinet Secretary visit Read More »
OpenLV, a Network Innovation Competition project led by Western Power Distribution and EA Technology, is opening up live data from local electricity networks, and businesses are now able to submit ideas for how they would like to be involved by completing the survey at the OpenLV website. The deadline to respond is 28 February 2018. The project has already received a high level of interest from businesses that have ideas about how they could use such data.
Companies invited to take advantage of OpenLV electricity data Read More »
The aim was to enable to more synchronous generation to connect to the 11kV network in and around Birmingham City Centre without the need for costly reinforcements by modelling, managing and mitigating fault levels.
Case Study: Modelling, managing and mitigating fault levels Read More »
The £19 million Local Energy Market trial has been developed to support the stability of Cornwall’s grid, which is increasingly constrained due to the high penetration of renewables in the county.
Batteries installed in 100 homes as part of local energy trial Read More »
WPD’s campaign used a number of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to raise the profile of its apprentice recruitment scheme.
23% rise in apprenticeship applications for WPD Read More »
