Capital delivery

Calls for independent body to deliver industrial strategy

The National Infrastructure Commission should work with regulators and other industry stakeholders to create a new delivery authority responsible for creating and delivering UK infrastructure, a business leader charged with developing a national industrial strategy has said. The authority, like the Bank of England, should have its objectives set and then be independent of government interference, John Jeffcock, chief executive at consultant Winmark, said.

01/11/2023

News

The growing role of weather intelligence in a warming climate

As UK summers heat up, utility companies can turn to tech to stay ahead of extreme events.

17/08/2023

Opinion

Fast forward to 2030

The need to rapidly develop a huge amount of transmission infrastructure to bring green energy onshore and distribute it around the country means novel approaches to capital delivery. The Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment framework is proving crucial as the UK races to develop new offshore wind resources.

14/07/2023

Analysis

Industry grandees mull intractable sector quandaries

A landmark report from Utility Week examines if utilities can reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable: sustainability, unprecedented levels of investment in infrastructure, and protection of consumers at a time when many are struggling. Read it to learn what many of the industry’s leading minds think about company ownership, energy markets, affordability and societal responsibility, future investment, and energy markets.

30/06/2023

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Bypassing impact assessment speeds up pipeline project

Effective investment in infrastructure requires the ability to learn from the past, have a clairvoyant-like view of the future, and adopt radical new approaches to delivery. Utility Week looks at how a crucial pipeline scheme was simultaneously expedited and future proofed by Thames Water.

29/06/2023

Case studies

Extreme weather now number one risk for utilities

Utility Week’s landmark risk report reveals extreme and unpredictable weather is the primary risk facing energy networks, trumping threats to cyber security. Read the report to learn what other key challenges the industry faces and how they might be mitigated from senior leaders in the sector.

12/06/2023

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Navigating supply chains in a post-Covid era

Securing the right resources and skills to fulfil the UK’s ambitious renewables build-out targets will require close collaboration between the energy sector and supply chain. Bruce Woodfield, of Tower Supplies, gives his view on how that collaboration can work in practice.

31/05/2023

Opinion

Pressure point: Enabling biomethane injection into the grid

Injecting biomethane into the gas grid represents a significant step towards eco-sustainability for the UK network. However, challenges still exist around the limited amount of available flow, strict controls on biomethane and the available pressure. This report from Automa looks at how flow rates and pressure can be maximised through the application of dynamic regulation of biomethane.

02/05/2023

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A coming of age for wastewater management

The stormwater overflows scandal has forced water companies to rethink drainage and wastewater management, but what options and innovations are available and when might they be delivered?

24/01/2023

Case studies

Water pollution – why CSOs aren’t the only challenge

What are the challenges facing water companies both in the UK and Europe when it comes to addressing pollution? This new report sets out the environmental challenges facing the sector and the opportunities to improve water quality and rebuild public trust.

11/01/2023

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Green light for £5bn river protections

River Basin Management Plans have been approved by the Environment Secretary, setting out more than £5 billion investment to protect and enhance English waterways over the next five years. The majority of the spending will come from water companies through the Water Industry National Environment Programme as well as work by NGOs to restore river flows, peatlands and plant trees and efforts by farmers and landowners to reduce agricultural pollutions.

22/12/2022

News

National Grid to install SF6-free substation for London Power Tunnels

National Grid Electricity Transmission has revealed plans to install an SF6-free 400kV substation in Lambeth as part of the London Power Tunnels project. Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is used to insulate substation equipment but is the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, with a global warming potential 23,500 times greater than carbon dioxide.

21/12/2022

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