Schneider Electric’s Frédéric Godemel says the ‘grid of the future’ is really the ‘grid for the future’ Schneider Electric is a technology supplier to businesses and to the electricity industry, with interests from process and building control to grid management.…

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Angela Love has taken over as chair of the Smart Energy Code – the rulebook that will take customers into a smart energy future. She wants to use it to improve services, but there are some fundamental decisions to be…

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Mary Quaney, chief executive at Mainstream Renewable Power, says it is time for a pause in offshore wind’s dive down the cost curve to allow the supply chain to tool-up for faster deployment. Governments can speed deployment by reducing the…

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Harmony Energy Income Trust has five two-hour battery projects under construction. The managers believe the current uncertainty makes it an ideal time to bring agile storage into the market. Max Slade (top left) and Paul Mason (bottom left) of Harmony…

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Few of us are at their most efficient when the temperature rises. Just as human beings can find it harder to get to grips with their activities on a hot day, the efficiency of many electrical assets changes with the…

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Are solar farms and battery arrays in danger of suffering a de facto moratorium, like that which dramatically slowed the rollout of onshore wind? Speakers at a Westminster Hall debate on 5 June praised the wind farm restrictions and suggested…

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Customer support is needed to deliver renewables faster and more efficiently, Accenture found in research, with contributions from Eurelectric The demand side – customers, and society as a whole – will be fundamental to meeting Net Zero goals as fast…

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In June 2018 Eleclink’s Steven Moore talked to Janet Wood about the strict timetable needed to install an interconnector alongside a busy train service – and the nerve required to take forward the new link at the time of Brexit…

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Janet Wood talked to Origami Energy chief executive Peter Bance about providing the ‘picks and shovels’ for the new energy industry and about how the industry’s barriers might be removed or bypassed to make it more innovative Origami Energy will…

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Pulse Clean Energy created a stir when it announced plans to convert nine diesel engine sites to battery storage. The company’s switch illustrates how far ancillary markets have come in becoming comfortable for investors. Janet Wood spoke to chief executive…

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