Networks

January 31, 2020

Current± Chats: National Grid ESO’s Duncan Burt on Distributed ReStart and training for a blackout

By leveraging their stored energy
January 31, 2020

National Grid ESO's NOA recommends £203m in transmission reinforcement

​National Grid ESO is recommending a £203 million investment into reinforcing the transmission networks in 2020/21.
Image: SSE/BOWL
January 31, 2020

SSE’s Q3 trading update shows shifting focus following supply arm sale

SSE’s Q3 trading update hints at a shifting of the gears at the company, as it unveils maiden subsidy-free onshore wind development.
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January 30, 2020

UKPN unveils updated innovation strategy, identifying net zero readiness as a key area

​UK Power Networks has unveiled its updated innovation strategy, targeting three innovation pillars.
‘I suspect there will be a similar scheme to triads next year
January 30, 2020

Network profits higher than necessary following Ofgem errors, NAO report finds

Network operators were allowed to benefit at the expense of customers after Ofgem failed to enforce tougher price controls under RIIO-1, a government watchdog has concluded.
The implications of the NIS Directive for UK energy companies
January 29, 2020

National Grid ESO claims world first approach to inertia, awarding £328m in contracts

​Five companies are to provide National Grid ESO with inertia without the need to simultaneously provide electricity.
The report focused on electricity transmission
January 28, 2020

Networks fire back at ‘disappointing’ RIIO-2 Challenge Group report claiming lack of proactivity

​Following the release on Friday 24 January of Ofgem’s RIIO-2 Challenge Group report, companies have reacted to the claim they are not being proactive enough.
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January 28, 2020

400,000 green energy jobs to fill if the UK is to meet net zero target

​Hundreds of thousands of workers will be needed to meet the UK’s goal of net zero by 2050, according to new research from National Grid.
Image: Centrica.
January 27, 2020

Centrica LEM boosted by new storage and generation assets

​Centrica’s local energy market (LEM) trial has been beefed up with the addition of a new wind turbine and battery storage.
Business and the energy crisis: have the measures gone far enough? Image: Pixabay NC.
January 24, 2020

Ofgem’s RIIO-2 Challenge Group 'disappointed' with lack of proactivity in network companies

​Ofgem’s RIIO-2 Challenge Group has released its report, critiquing the energy network company Business Plans for RIIO-2.

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