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Grid management

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22/10/2025 Comment / Elena Pravettoni

Making grids smarter: the case for innovative grid technologies

As the world electrifies, meeting rising electricity demand and connecting new wind and solar generation will require large-scale investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure. Building new infrastructure is essential, but it is not the only solution, as innovative grid technologies (IGTs) – both hardware and software-based – offer a complementary route, writes Elena Pravettoni, Head of Analysis, Energy Transitions Commission.

Electricity markets

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3/12/2025 Comment / Lim Eu Shawn,Sarah Suherman

Powering ASEAN’s next chapter: grids, growth and the AI future

Southeast Asia’s energy transition starts from a very different place than the one unfolding in Europe or North America. For the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, this is not a story of tweaking a mature system at the margins, but of building new power systems fast enough to keep up with factories, cities and digital infrastructure that are still coming online, write Dr Lim Eu Shawn, Chairman of the Energy Institute Malaysia community and Chief Business & Solutions Officer with Aerodyne, and Sarah Suherman AMEI, Assistant Manager, GTM & Business Intelligence, Aerodyne.

Energy security

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7/7/2026 Comment / Fintan Slye

Why the energy trilemma is not a zero-sum trade-off

Following his appearance at International Energy Week earlier this year, Fintan Slye FEI, CEO of the National Energy System Operator (NESO), sets out his perspective on the challenges facing Great Britain’s energy system, and how to strike the right balance across the energy trilemma for consumers.

Electrification

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20/4/2026 Comment / Maxine Ghavi

Modern grids will be the foundation for future growth in Europe

Europe stands at a defining moment in its economic and energy transition. Electrification is no longer simply an environmental ambition: it is rapidly building the foundation of economic competitiveness, industrial resilience, national security and long-term prosperity with grids becoming the bottleneck. As Europe seeks to strengthen energy security, stimulate sustainable growth and affordability, and reduce emissions, accelerating electrification and investing in modern grid infrastructure must become urgent priorities, writes Maxine Ghavi, Executive Vice President and Head of Europe at Hitachi Energy.

Grid management

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7/5/2025 Comment / Elena Pravettoni

The many benefits of demand flexibility

The ability of electricity consumers to reduce and/or time-shift their loads to fit in with local power grid constraints could reap considerable rewards, to both consumers and grid operators. It is time demand-side flexibility was used to the full, writes Elena Pravettoni, Head of Analysis at the Energy Transitions Commission.

Energy prices

5/3/2025 News

UK government plans to extend energy support as household costs continue to rise

Ofgem has announced a 6.4% increase in the energy price cap from April to June 2025. In response, the UK government is looking to expand its Warm Home Discount, to help more households facing financial difficulties to meet rising energy costs. Meanwhile, the government’s independent infrastructure advisor is calling for a ‘step change’ in grid investment.

Energy pricing

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21/5/2025 News

Zonal pricing is reportedly years away in the UK, while Europe is also suffering from grid woes

Industry experts warn that any move to zonal electricity pricing in the UK would unlikely to be achievable before 2030. Meanwhile, across the English Channel, outdated grid planning is threatening Europe’s shift to renewables.

Energy efficiency

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30/4/2025 Comment / Jonathan Maxwell

From Heathrow to hospitals – why energy efficiency matters for the UK

Since Labour’s general election win in 2024, energy has dominated the political agenda but, somehow, energy efficiency still isn’t getting the attention it deserves. More renewable energy projects, for instance, are certainly positive for progressing net zero targets, but there are only so many new projects that you can push into an old and broken system, argues Jonathan Maxwell, Founder and CEO of investor Sustainable Development Capital.

Energy policy

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16/7/2025 News

US DoE report warning that blackouts could increase by 100 times in 2030 gets mixed reactions

A new US Department of Energy (DoE) report claims that given projected load growth, retirements of power plants ‘increase the risk of outages by 100 times in 2030’. But environmental groups question the modelling.

Finance and investment

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17/7/2024 News

UK government’s week one energy initiatives

The UK’s new Labour government has launched a National Wealth Fund to unlock private investment in clean energy, and appointed Chris Stark to lead its Mission Control initiative that aims to accelerate the country’s move away from fossil fuels by 2030.

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