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Ordnance Survey’s two-day OS Map and Hack event was declared an “amazing demonstration of creativity” after collaborators worked on ways to enhance electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in Britain.
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Wales aims to be the first country to have a joint approach to developing its gas and electricity networks.
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UK Power Networks is forecasting that up to 2.7 million electric vehicles (EVs) will be connected to its networks by 2028, up from just 150,000 in its regions today. Transport + Energy caught up with the company’s Director of Customer Service, Strategy, Regulation and Information Systems – Suleman Alli – to find out why and how the network operator has been developing and building markets to build confidence in EVs.
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Energy regulator Ofgem has launched its electric vehicle (EV) strategy which sets out priorities to ensure that the infrastructure and technology is in place for the rapidly growing number of EVs on the road.
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A new fund opening today will unlock greener ways to travel and to heat and power homes and businesses, by harnessing a new approach to energy network innovation.
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WPD aims to make it easier for third parties to deliver flexibility services, and to promote increased competition and deliver additional network capacity to connect greater volumes of renewable distributed generation (including wind and solar), energy storage solutions, and other low carbon technologies like heat pumps and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
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First-ever vision to kick start world-leading hydrogen economy set to support over 9,000 UK jobs and unlock £4 billion investment by 2030.
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Britain breaks network flexibility record with 45% more contracted this year than in all of 2020.
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Published jointly by the Government and Ofgem, the updated Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan has been released alongside the UK’s first Energy Digitalisation Strategy.
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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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