smart grids

Grants will be provided for 10 projects – two for electricity transmission, one for smart electricity grids, six for transport of CO2 and one for gas

The projects are expected to benefit more than 222,000 households and commercial customers across 11 states

More than $7m is being spent on technologies that can help improve system operations and monitor grid security

The funding will support seven electricity, two smart grids, two CO2 cross-border transportation and three gas projects

Global cybersecurity spend in energy and critical national infrastructure in 2016 was £0.77 billion

An energy networks group has launched its first consultation to accelerate and improve low carbon innovations. The Energy Networks Association (ENA) says businesses managing such systems need to evolve so new technologies such as renewable generation, electric vehicles and battery storage units can be delivered. The group suggests input from the widest range of stakeholders […]

Our Energy Live Future conference is now only two days away! Join us and more than 200 energy end users at the National Space Centre in Leicester on the 7th of June to learn more about how energy will be generated, traded and delivered in the future. The day’s fifth session at 14.15 will centre around […]

The UK can be a leader in numerous low carbon sectors, including solar, bioenergy, electric vehicles, energy storage and smart grids. That’s according to the Renewable Energy Association (REA), which has launched its ‘Manifesto for Growth’ ahead of the general election. The trade body believes a low cost and low carbon energy system provides “huge […]

The benefits that smart grids could provide to energy networks could account between £4.8 billion and £8.1 billion. That’s according to Ofgem which is calling on electricity distribution companies to deliver more innovation for less so customers get better value for money from smart grid projects. The regulator ran an independent review into its Low […]

A new laboratory to enable electric vehicles (EVs) and smart grids to work effectively together has opened in Europe. It aims to ensure the next generation of EVs and smart grids are “fully interoperable” and create a “single language” for all components to benefit industry on both sides of the Atlantic. Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the […]