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Electricity

16/3/2022 News

Wires in place on world’s first T-pylons from Hinkley Point C

Wires to carry electricity onto the UK electricity network have been installed on 36 of the Hinkley Connection project’s new ‘T-pylons’ in a process known as ‘stringing’. The Hinkley Connection stretches 57 km from the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station currently being built by EDF Energy to Seabank power station.

Electricity

Wind turbines and pylons in a field with setting sun

13/9/2023 News

Urgent call for more grid capacity in Europe

Europe’s energy transition heavily relies on ageing electricity grids and the capacity of copper cables to integrate mass electrification and meet higher decarbonisation targets is limited, according to a new report from Eurelectric.

Transmission and distribution

21/2/2024 News

Power grids require $3.1tn investment worldwide by 2030

Renewable energy developments continue at break-neck speed, with $644bn to be spent on new capacity in 2024, but outdated and inadequate power grids could prove to be a significant stumbling block to the energy transition, new research from Rystad Energy has found. If the world is to limit global warming to 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels, $3.1tn of grid infrastructure investments are required before 2030.

Renewables

19/7/2023 News

South Africa’s renewable capacity to miss 2030 target

Renewable energy will account for just 20% of South Africa’s power mix by the end of this decade, highlighting an ‘uphill battle’ the nation faces in its pursuit of decarbonisation, according to new analysis.

Electricity

Head and shoulders photo of Melissa Stark, Global Lead for Energy Transition and Net Zero Transition Services, Accenture

23/11/2022 Comment / Melissa Stark

Building the electricity backbone of our net zero integrated energy system

Over the last few months, the Energy Institute and its Powering Net Zero Board have hosted a series of events featuring panel discussions aimed at engaging a wide audience in the conversation around a net zero electricity system. Melissa Stark, Global Lead for Energy Transition and Net Zero Transition Services at Accenture, looks at the importance of the demand side of the equation.

Emissions mitigation

Electricity pylons and cables in front of chimneys emitting smoke

15/3/2023 News

Report calls for urgent industry decarbonisation ramp up

Without decarbonisation intervention, industrial emissions will grow from 6.7bn tonnes of CO₂ this year to 7.6bn tonnes of CO₂/y by 2050, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Further analysis from BNEF has also found that at least $21.4tn will need to be invested in the electricity grid by 2050 to support a net zero trajectory for the world.

Electricity

29/6/2022 Comment / Greg Jackson

Cleaning up energy is great for climate, consumers and companies

The urgently needed green transition is often regarded as an insurmountable challenge, both technologically and financially. But Greg Jackson FEI, Vice President of the Energy Institute and CEO of Octopus Energy, argues that on the contrary, it is well on the way to saving businesses and consumers money.

Transmission and distribution

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26/10/2022 Feature / Ed Walker

New subsea cables to connect UK generators and consumers

As the energy landscape evolves, great successes in offshore wind and other renewable and low carbon generation assets often gain the spotlight. But, asks Ed Walker*, how is our energy system evolving to move clean energy from the point of generation to the point of demand?

Electricity

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29/3/2023 Feature / John Langley-Davis

‘CLASS’ voltage balancing – good news for DNOs, customers and net zero carbon

UK electricity networks need to change to cope with new generation, distribution and consumption patterns. Here, John Langley-Davis, Head of Technology at power systems technology manufacturer Fundamentals, argues that the adoption of new active voltage control technology is a smart move that can cut customers’ bills and deliver better quality and more reliable supply to users.

Electricity

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3/8/2022 Feature / John Langley-Davis

How artificial intelligence will make the electricity grid smarter

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep machine learning (ML) have the potential to make the electricity transmission and distribution grids more reliable and better able to cope with historic changes in the way power is generated and consumed – including the predicted mass uptake of electric vehicles (EV), explains John Langley-Davis, Head of Technology at Fundamentals.

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Wires in place on world’s first T-pylons from Hinkley Point C

Urgent call for more grid capacity in Europe

Power grids require $3.1tn investment worldwide by 2030

South Africa’s renewable capacity to miss 2030 target

Building the electricity backbone of our net zero integrated energy system

Report calls for urgent industry decarbonisation ramp up

Cleaning up energy is great for climate, consumers and companies

New subsea cables to connect UK generators and consumers

‘CLASS’ voltage balancing – good news for DNOs, customers and net zero carbon

How artificial intelligence will make the electricity grid smarter