Bringing the transport and energy sectors together.
A new study has found that households can significantly reduce peak electricity demand by using domestic flexibility, with further reductions enabled by electric vehicles (EV).
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The UK Climate Change Committee has suggested that the government has ‘ambition but no detailed plans on reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050’. But in May, the electricity regulator Ofgem announced £300 million of investment – part of a larger £40 billion strategy – to get Britain ready for more electric transport and heat. Dr Jon Hiscock, Managing Director of power technology specialist Fundamentals Ltd, examines how the electricity industry is rising to the challenge of electric vehicles.
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Graeme Cooper, the head of future markets at National Grid, has welcomed the Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan and hopes that it will trigger the investment and technology changes needed to make the transition to clean transport.
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Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, Wärtsilä, the global technology company, and Habitat Energy, the battery storage optimisation specialists, today (23 June) activated the UK’s first grid-scale battery storage system directly connected to the transmission-network as part of the £41 million Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO) project.
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The publisher and editor of transportandenergy.com was the featured guest on ITT Hub’s latest Talking Net Zero podcast.
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Russell Fowler is Senior Project Manager for Transport Decarbonisation at National Grid. Here, he speaks exclusively to Transport and Energy about the company’s vital role in supporting the transition to clean transport across all modes and covering all sectors, including freight, rail, bus, maritime and aviation.
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Leighton Buzzard is the UK’s first train station to utilise Pavegen’s kinetic floor technology to showcase sustainability, engage passengers and generate clean electricity.
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Simon Pickett, EV Project Development Manager at SSE Enterprise, reflects on his time spent working across both the transport and energy sectors and how together they can offer a fast track route to zero carbon.
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National Grid has agreed a deal to buy Western Power Distribution (WPD) – the UK’s largest electricity distribution business – for £7.8 billion.
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