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For organisations providing essential services during the coronavirus crisis, Recolight has announced help with storage of additional waste, while the Environment Agency has published guidance for sites that may exceed their permits during the current lockdown period.
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has published guidance for the geophysical surveying for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and boulders, supporting subsea cable installation by improving the effectiveness of surveys.
As a result of the government-imposed lockdown, energy demand for power has fallen dramatically, declining by 0.10TWh against March 2019. Research from Cornwall Insight predicts that if this 0.10TWh decline is maintained across the originally announced three-week lockdown, the aggregate impact of this daily decline across this period would be equivalent to an approximate 0.50% decline in total annual demand.
Innovation in the utilities sector has fallen 11% in two years as R&D by UK industries fell to the lowest levels since the credit crunch, analysis of the latest ONS data by R&D tax relief specialist Catax has found.
Electricity North West has reassured customers about power supplies in the region, as teams of engineers continue working to keep power flowing.
Research from Cornwall Insight has highlighted that a day after the government imposed lockdown, energy demand was down 13% across the day (Wednesday 25 March).
Pause for thought for those convinced that achieving net zero carbon means electric heating will become the norm in all British buildings within the next 15 years.
Pause for thought for those convinced that achieving net zero carbon means electric heating will become the norm in all British buildings within the next 15 years. Currently over 80% of UK homes depend on gas for heating and cooking.
Another fallout from Brexit. The island of Ireland as a whole is heavily reliant on energy from Great Britain. The Republic and the North have constituted one single energy market ever since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
UK Power Networks has unveiled the UK’s first Open Data crowdsourcing page, giving access to operational data, and asking experts to help redefine data sharing culture across the utility industry.
