Articles tagged with: uk power networks

The Powerlimit devise was developed as part of the Powerloop project. Image: Octopus Electric Vehicles.

Octopus Electric Vehicles launches V2G Powerlimit device

1 Jun 2022, 16:05

Together with UK Power Networks and G99 Professional Services, Octopus Electric Vehicles has unveiled a new device to unlock vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in the UK.

Each electricity substation, cable and overhead line will be mapped out digitally through the project. Image: UKPN

Google develops world-first AI-powered electricity cable map software with UK Power Networks

24 May 2022, 11:40

UK Power Networks will be able to speed up its electricity connection upgrade services through a new partnership with Google involving digitalisation of its electricity cable maps.

UK Power Networks announces new flexibility tender from this summer. Image: UKPN.

UK Power Networks to tender for 292MW of flexibility

25 Apr 2022, 13:22

UK Power Networks (UKPN) has announced a new procurement round for 292MW of flexible power across 113 different sites in London, the East and South East of England.

Ev.energy has now secured a total of £754,000 from Innovate UK through the UK Research and Innovation's Prospering from the Energy Revolution programme. Image: ev.energy

Ev.energy to scale up UK’s first commercially operating EV-only VPP following funding injection

14 Feb 2022, 13:31

Ev.energy has secured £295,000 in funding to scale up what it says is the UK’s first commercially operating virtual power plant (VPP) using only electric vehicles (EVs).

So far, the Smart Connect portal has instantly approved 983 EV charger installation applications. Image: UKPN

Low carbon technology install applications approved in 'record time' via AI driven UKPN portal

7 Jan 2022, 10:53

Over 2,000 new applications for low carbon technology (LCT) installations have been approved in record time as a result of a new portal.

Project Skyline is designed to allow network operators to more proactively plan for increased EV demand through accurate forecasts. Image: SSEN.

SSEN and UK Power Networks welcome four more EV companies to Project Skyline

15 Nov 2021, 15:58

Project Skyline, which is designed to support a cost-effective and secure transition to electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK, has welcomed four new industry partners.

The portal provides data on nearly 1,000 large-scale energy generation sites. Image: UKPN

UKPN 'fostering a community of open data users' with new portal

18 Oct 2021, 14:57

UK Power Networks (UKPN) has unveiled a new open data online portal that it said brings together thousands of datasets.

The Envision project will support the increasing numbers of EV chargepoints needing to connect to UKPN's network. Image: UKPN.

UKPN machine learning simulation to unlock 70MW of network capacity

11 Oct 2021, 15:25

UK Power Networks (UKPN) is using a £2 million machine learning tool to create what it has described as a “Matrix like” simulation of the south east’s electricity network.

NPg and UKPN release flexibility focused RIIO-ED2 plans

2 Jul 2021, 16:52

Following on from similar releases yesterday, both Northern Powergrid (NPg) and UK Power Networks (UKPN) have released their RIIO-ED2 plans.