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RSK has highlighted the need for a cleanse of grid capacity registers, a shift in capacity to areas with generation potential and the streamlining of relevant energy developments as a means to unlock the UK’s renewable energy sector.

National Grid ESO is aiming to tackle connection management via a newly announced initiative.

New processes mean Western Power Distribution (WPD) can now approve most new connections for domestic electric vehicle (EV) chargers and heat pumps on the same day or the next day.

​Network operator UK Power Networks (UKPN) is rolling out new ‘load blinding relays’ to unlock capacity for new connections in a £1 million project.

​Western Power Distribution (WPD) is developing new technology to make installing rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers at motorway service stations easier and quicker.

​BP’s VP of advanced mobility, Roy Willliamson, has blamed the speed of putting DNO infrastructure in place for slowing down the roll-out of ultra-fast chargers, whilst stressing the value of data in a digital economy.

​UK Power Networks (UKPN) has installed new technology it claims will help to facilitate greater deployment of low carbon technology.

Vattenfall’s networks division has landed its first distribution network contract less than a year after launching.

All new housing developments should be fitted with three-phase electricity supply to update them from the single phase norm that has been in place since before World War II, according to a new report out today.