The New Power Interview: Nigel Turvey, WPD and Open Networks
The transition to local balancing and system management is both dramatic and urgent. The Open Networks project brings together the issues for network operators.
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The ‘coal’ truth: we need a gas resurgence
Peter Hughes argues that the UK still needs large gas plant
The New Power Leader: DSOs and storage? Give the market a chance
Distribution network operators have taken the idea of storage on board with enthusiasm. It’s just the kind of option that appeals to such companies: a physical asset that can become part of a regulated asset base.
Change ahead
Successful energy companies have to become e-utilities, helping customers manage their lives as well as their energy.
Network competition next steps
Ofgem is forging ahead with plans to introduce competition to the network, despite legislative logjams. A competitive approach to the Hinkley Point C connection is to be presented to bidders in Q1 2018. Janet Wood took a look
Switchers cross social classes, figures reveal
The most deprived households are switching energy supplier more often than some of their better-off neighbours, according to data from ElectraLink.
Check your working
To be resilient, new business models need stakeholder support. Sustainability First has developed a checklist for energy companies
Northern Powergrid: give DSOs options on storage
Jim Cardwell says a fast-changing industry has to leave its options open
Don’t exclude network companies from using storage, Jim Cardwell of Northern Powergrid has pleaded.
Graham Harding: BSR set for a new future in a post-subsidy world
As solar subsidies fall, companies are looking for new business opportunities. For British Solar Renewables, that means operations and maintenance, expanding overseas and some innovative directions for storage.
Welsh wind power hits connection snags
The Planning Inspectorate, Wales, has had 15 “expressions of interest” for energy projects under its Nationally Significant Infrastructure regime since it went into operation in March 2016, director Tony Thickett has reported.