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Regional growth and utilities

Following the UK election result, our New Deal for Utilties series for 2020 will examine the debate about what a fairer contract for the regions, including the North, could mean for energy and water companies. In our launch report, Suzanne Heneghan explores some of the key themes arising from the prime minister’s ambition to “unify the UK” and “level up” the nation’s economy, both for the sector and the communities it serves.

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GridBeyond secures £9m investment to fund research and expansion

5 years ago

Unlocking the value of DSOs

5 years ago

Moixa and Honda help council make EV charging smart

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‘UK needs a flexibility market’

The government should create a new flexibility mechanism to help the grid to deal with rapid fluctuations in demand, a battery owner and operator has told Utility Week.

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Trends, technologies, key topics, and issues that will shape 2020

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What the rest of the world can teach us about decarbonisation

5 years ago

Western Power Distribution tenders for 344MW of flexibility

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Frequency response performance ‘inadequate’ during blackout

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Gridserve completes ‘game-changing’ solar farm in York

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ESO looks to renewables to provide synthetic inertia

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Overcoming planning problems for energy projects

“The hardening attitudes of landowners towards utility companies has the potential to be a major stumbling block to achieving net zero.”

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Scottish Power to combine wind, solar and storage in hybrid projects

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Planning applications for battery storage soar to 10.5GW

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UK Power Networks launches research hub for vehicle-to-grid trials

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Hydrogen trial among latest winners of Network Innovation Competition

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Accelerating storage is vital for our renewable future

Katherine Evans and Fergus Charlton, of law firm TLT, welcome proposed changes to the consents regime for large-scale electricity storage and call on the government to follow this up with wider planning reforms.

5 years ago

UKPN: DNOs ‘will be blamed for delaying net-zero if we don’t move fast enough’

Patrick Clarke, the director of network operations for UK Power Networks, has insisted the sector needs to be decarbonisation-ready, even in the absence of policy roadmaps – or risk a public backlash. He also shared his view on why utilities will still be digging up the roads in 50 years’ time.

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Northern Powergrid to hold flexibility auction to help manage network faults

5 years ago

Greens see no role for gas in heating overhaul

Wind power would provide around 70 per cent of the UK’s electricity needs by 2030, the Green Party has pledged in its manifesto which also sees no need for any form of gas when heating is being replaced.

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