Greater Manchester could reach net zero by 2030 if energy demand is cut by 25%
Greater Manchester could meet net zero by 2038 but only if it acts now as there is “no room for delay or error”.
Networks
ENA launches new consultation on the future flexible energy market
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched a new consultation into flexibility, to drive standardisation in local energy markets.
Hitachi ABB commissioned by SSEN for Europe’s first multi-terminal HVDC connection
Hitachi ABB Power Grids is set to create Europe’s first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission.
Ofgem to ‘turn your street green’ with new distribution proposals
Ofgem is targeting local electricity transformation in its distribution proposals for the next five years.
WPD to harness unused substation capacity to dodge network upgrades for EV installs
Western Power Distribution (WPD) is to trial new technology to help deliver 217,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers in urban spaces by 2023 in a bid to reduce the need for network upgrades.
SSEN partners Dundee City Council for whole system planning tool
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has partnered Dundee City Council for its Regional Energy System Optimisation Planning (RESOP) project.
The world looks very different from when the last version of the Future Energy Scenarios was published, with huge changes both positive and negative rocking the industry. Alice Grundy explores the changes the industry has faced – as well as the ones yet to come – and how they have informed this year’s FES.
SPEN and Sia use ‘state of the art’ software for forecasting during pandemic
ScottishPower Energy Networks (SPEN) has maximised the capacity on its distribution network thanks to new software developed with Sia Partners.
Community renewable heating project in Cambridgeshire awarded £2m government grant
The Heating Swaffham Prior project has received a £2.146 million grant to help provide sustainable heating to homes in Cambridgeshire.