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27/3/2024 News

Blueprint to decarbonise the UK’s electricity grid published

The UK electricity system operator ESO has published a report proposing £58bn of grid investment to move offshore wind power ‘to where it is needed’ and meet the nation’s growing demand for electricity by 2035.

Grid management

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12/6/2024 Comment / Simon Skillings

The power system challenge for the new UK government

One early task for the upcoming new UK government will be to oversee, along with the National Energy System Operator, development of the electricity grid necessary to support progress towards net zero. Here, Simon Skillings, Senior Associate at climate change think tank E3G, proposes a ‘Power System Delivery Office’ to take on the task.

Energy storage

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23/11/2022 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Filling the need for long-term energy storage

The provision of energy storage capacity at points around the UK electricity system is the key to maximising the role that renewable generation can play. But the route to developing sufficient storage projects – using various technologies – is not straightforward, as Andrew Mourant reports.

Electricity

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28/9/2022 Feature / Jens Kastner

Forging a new UK-German electricity link

The NeuConnect electricity interconnector will be the first energy link between Germany and the UK, and could provide a model for clean energy distribution, reports energy writer Jens Kastner.

Electricity

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6/9/2023 Feature / Tim Miles

HVDC – life after due diligence and the case for standardisation

As HVDC (high voltage direct current) transmission becomes integral to our evolving energy system, asset owners and developers must be acutely aware of the pitfalls and challenges when considering long-term economics. Tim Miles, Managing Director Europe for PSC Consulting, argues that for HVDC, like other transmission assets, due diligence is about digging into the details. But more challenges with this technology are already evident.

Energy policy

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19/6/2024 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Comparing 2024 political party platforms for the UK general election

The principal UK political parties have published their manifestos (except the SNP, at time of writing) ahead of the UK general election on 4 July. Their positions on key energy topics are summarised by New Energy World’s Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Energy policy

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21/5/2025 Feature / Janet Wood

Can many hands make light work to deliver Clean Power 2030?

The Labour Party took office in June 2025 with five missions. One was to ‘Make Britain a clean energy superpower to create jobs, cut bills and boost energy security with zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero’. Janet Wood introduces the bodies – including Great British Energy, Ofgem, NESO, Mission Control – that are delivering this work.

Solar

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5/7/2023 Feature / Raghavendra Verma

Local and pricing challenges hinder India’s solar power expansion

The 2,425 GW Bhadla solar park in Rajasthan is, for the moment, the largest in the world – but the development of solar energy in India has been far from straightforward, writes Raghavendra Verma from Rajasthan. There have been problems around power lines and the export selling price.

Electricity transmission

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6/4/2022 Feature / Ed Walker

Power to the people – the UK’s evolving electricity transmission system

As the way in which we generate and consume energy changes, the demands on our existing transmission system are changing. Here, Ed Walker MEI, Principal Environmental Consultant, Xodus, considers how the UK network is evolving to meet these demands, and what the transmission network of the future may look like.

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Blueprint to decarbonise the UK’s electricity grid published

The power system challenge for the new UK government

Filling the need for long-term energy storage

Forging a new UK-German electricity link

HVDC – life after due diligence and the case for standardisation

Comparing 2024 political party platforms for the UK general election

Can many hands make light work to deliver Clean Power 2030?

Local and pricing challenges hinder India’s solar power expansion

Power to the people – the UK’s evolving electricity transmission system