What are the best ways to connect between different electricity grids? The changing mix of the electricity system and the advent of long-distance links sent grid companies back to HVDC technology. Now its providers suggest it could have many more advantages for…

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The UK should expand its use of bioenergy to deliver carbon savings, the Climate Change Committee said in its report published today (23 January). But support should be limited and the best use of biomass kept under review. The report…

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Two more suppliers that took on new customers under ‘supplier of last resort’ arrangements, promising to preserve customer credit balances, will be able to recover part of that cost from consumers, Ofgem has agreed. The latest agreements will call on…

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Government must put the public at the heart of plans to reach net zero by 2050 or it risks fatally undermining the process, Citizens Advice has warned. In a survey of 2000 adults in December, 82% supported the commitment. But…

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The Energy Networks Association has opened consultation on the Open Networks Project work programme. In 2020 the Project will focus on delivering standardisation and alignment across all Workstreams. Priorities for the year include: Advancing local markets for flexibility, with standard…

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An Industrial Decarbonisation Champion has been appointed to develop plans for a new £20m Research and Innovation Centre at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University to drive the UK’s delivery of Net Zero emissions. The inituiative and is backed by £20 million funding until…

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Western Power Distribution (WPD) has been working with CGI to build a digital network model of its network using CGI’s Integrated Network Model solution (INM). The platform will present a digital reference model of the WPD networking ensure a consistent, robust…

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Gas network operator SGN is planning field trials this year of an autonomous robot that can carry out excavation of buried pipelines and other assets. “Because we operate 76,000km of underground pipelines in the UK and dig thousands of excavations…

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Engie UK is to quit the UK domestic energy supply market and has sold its 70,000 domestic customers to Octopus Energy. Engie’s business energy customers and district energy supply operations are not affected by the acquisition; Engie said its strategic exit from…

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Germany has already passed its 2020 target for expanding offshore wind connections, says transmission network operator TenneT, which operates in Germany and the Netherlands. The government target for the North Sea and Baltic Sea for 2020 is 6.5GW and TenneT’s current total…

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