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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has secured £343,000 from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Allowance to deliver a project that will support knowledge-sharing between network operators and stakeholders in the energy system. The Regional Energy System Optimisation Planning project will model the impact of local strategies on the energy system to ensure communities’ ambitions can be accommodated and economic growth delivered...

A WATER company has warned that the appointed government funding for wastewater infrastructure is not enough to address all the issues in Northern Ireland. NI Water attended Mid Ulster Council on Monday 16th December to update representatives on strategic plans going forward and the funding needed for the Borough Council area. By 2030, it is anticipated that Mid Ulster Council will...

SUSTAINABLE Energy Association has published a paper demonstrating how regulation could put heating on the path to reach net-zero by 2050. The paper proposes a carbon intensity regulation which would set progressively stricter limits to the permitted emissions per kWh of heating provided. The government has committed to phasing out fossil fuel heating in properties off the gas grid by the end...

SSE has confirmed its plans to axe jobs at one of the largest power stations in Scotland. 11 of the 90 staff at Peterhead Power Station in Aberdeenshire will be made redundant but the company has insisted the plant remains a 'critical part' of its business portfolio. An SSE spokesman said: “Peterhead Power Station is operating in a highly competitive market...

IRISH Water, working in partnership with Carlow County Council, has completed works to install Sludge Drying Reed Beds at five wastewater treatment plants. The Sludge Drying Reed Bed is based on a natural process in which the reeds system treats the sludge and provides a sustainable and cost-effective solution for the long-term treatment of wastewater sludge. Speaking about the project, Irish...

UK Power Networks is the first electricity network operator to achieve the coveted Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon. Achieving certification is a key step in the company’s Green Action Plan, as it seeks to minimise its impact on the environment and help communities reach net zero in line with the UK government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050. The Carbon...

A REPORT which sets out a detailed plan to deliver a zero-carbon gas grid has been launched by Wales & West Utilities and Energy Networks Association. The company, which runs the gas networks across Wales and the south west of England, is committed to decarbonising the gas grid to help meet the UK and Welsh Government’s respective net zero targets. Graham...

RESIDENTS and businesses in the Swansea area can now buy renewable electricity generated from a nearby community-owned solar farm. Electricity produced by the Gower Power Solar Storage scheme, funded by Welsh Government and European Regional Development Funds, will be stored and fed onto the local grid when needed, and if the demand from its customers is too great, top-ups from...

GETTING employees to use more sustainable travel to and from work, encouraging pupils and parents to travel sustainably and looking at the future demand for electric car charging points are among the activities underway to help tackle air pollution in Staffordshire. The update follows a recent report by the British Heart Foundation which claims that heart attack and stroke deaths...

A NETWORK of 100 domestic batteries have been installed by Centrica and sonnen to form the UK’s most advanced Virtual Power Plant. The network of decentralised home energy storage systems has been approved by National Grid allowing the batteries to be aggregated in a cloud platform in order to provide Dynamic Firm Frequency Response - selling storage space when the...