Written by on Nov. 4, 2019 in News.
Last update on Nov. 4, 2019.
A meshed HVDC transmission grid in the North Sea is envisaged by some as the optimal solution to interconnect the growing offshore wind capacity to ensure a sustainable and secure supply of electricity into the region. Such a grid would provide both new interconnections between countries as well as multiple routings for the flow of electricity in the case of failures.
A deployment plan for a meshed HVDC grid in the North Sea is under development in the PROMOTioN project.
Written by on Nov. 4, 2019 in Events.
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Utility Week Live, the UK’s leading utilities industry exhibition, is now in its fifth year and will be held once again in the NEC Birmingham on 19 and 20 May, 2020. The event each year is attended by over 6,000 industry professionals across energy retailers, gas and electricity network operators, water companies, water and wastewater companies and water retailers.
Written by on Nov. 4, 2019 in Blog.
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The UK’s success in cutting carbon emissions by 38% since 1990 has been largely driven by the decarbonisation of electricity. However, there remains a huge amount of work to do to decarbonise industry, heat and transport and achieve the government’s net-zero commitment by 2050.
This is a challenge faced by governments around the world, but there is a solution that the UK is in an ideal position to pioneer – green hydrogen and green hydrogen-based fuels. Read more
Ready or not, disruption has come to the energy world
The modern utility has to embrace innovation and shake off the conservative, cautious strategies of yesterday. Digital transformation is turning traditional business models upside down, with formerly lucrative markets squeezed and new value chains popping up as customer behaviour evolves.
Start-ups, like teenagers who baffle their parents with their seemingly instinctive knowledge of how to work a smart TV, are dragging utilities into the digital age with their more nimble structure and better grasp of new technologies. But policy and regulation are still mired in the vestiges of the previous ...
