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Grid & Connections

Net-zero by design: An industry view 

Yselkla Farmer, director policy and marketing at BEAMA, highlights some of the challenges facing the UK if it is to achieve its ambitious net-zero target by 2050.

5 March, 2020
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Nuclear spring 

Fukushima is planning to transform itself into a renewable energy hub, almost nine years after it became the scene of one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents. The prefecture in north-east Japan will forever be associated with the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011.

18 February, 2020
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Roadblocks 

Lloyd Bonson, director and senior consultant at ECV Consulting Ltd, explores the barriers preventing EV adoption.

12 February, 2020
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Less is distinctly more

ER Gossage: The latest gossip from the electrical sector from our industry insider.

11 February, 2020
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All at sea?

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced that offshore wind power has the capacity to meet all of the world’s electricity demand, and is set to be a “game-changer” for energy systems.

23 December, 2019
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Champagne Perry

The latest Gossage gossip from our industry insider.

17 December, 2019
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Old grid, new tricks

With today’s unprecedented demand for energy, needless to say our current grid isn’t coping all that well. With our appetite for power only set to grow, Luke Osborne, energy and emerging technologies solutions advisor, ECA, explores what it would take to build a smart grid for our times.

16 December, 2019
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Impact on energy

With Brexit (possibly) on the horizon, it would be a fool’s game to think an exit from the EU won’t affect our energy sector. Dr. Craig Lowery, senior consultant at Cornwall Insight, highlights some of the potential outcomes should the UK’s initial decision to leave the European Union go ahead.

11 December, 2019
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PV piffle 

Time spent reading the Hansard reports of House of Lords’ Question Time is seldom wasted.

10 December, 2019
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Putting your own house in order 

More than 1,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business class flights and travel handouts, plus cutting back on the amount of wasteful heating and/or air conditioning in their own buildings.

19 November, 2019