Hydrogen UK CEO, Clare Jackson, reflects on the trade body’s launch, ‘Jazzy Shirt Mondays’ and the need to move away from ‘silo-ism’ to hit industry targets.
Redcar and Ellesmere Port-based projects have been named by energy regulator Ofgem and the government as potential sites of the UK’s first hydrogen village.
The National Nuclear Laboratory’s head of innovation, Tim Whitworth, looks ahead to the UK’s first new nuclear rollout in a generation and the looming ‘mindset shift’ around AI in nuclear.
Wayne Bridger, UK sales manager, decarbonisation and hydrogen applications at BOC UK & Ireland, discusses his involvement in mobilising industrial gas firm BOC’s largest ever hydrogen supply chain, and the drive for a ‘no regrets’ pathway to decarbonisation.
Skewb Climate managing director Ruta Blazeviciute explains how collaboration between the digital education firm and utilities are levelling up climate and social outreach among the next generation via bespoke video games.
Project director Gareth Burden lifts the lid on National Grid’s efforts to rewire London for the next 120 years by burying a 32.5km network asset beneath the capital.
The fourth industrial revolution, with widespread rollout of the so-called Internet of Things, has been well publicised and long anticipated. There can be little doubt that, with UK utilities and their supply chain partners under increasing pressure to deliver more for less, smart devices that generate actionable insight are a must-have.
Ovo Energy Solutions will work with local authorities to retrofit 400 homes across the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall – where fuel poverty affects more than one-in-ten (11.5%) of all households, according to figures from National Energy Action.
Plans for a £20m facility to turn waste plastic into hydrogen and support the UK’s energy transition have been rubber stamped by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Energy firm Eon and Nationwide Drones have jointly launched drone and laser scanner-led home ‘health assessments’ – which they claim can gauge solar, heat pump and insulation suitability in under an hour – and outlined ambitions to harness drone tech across ‘all survey requirements’.
Living Lab volunteer homes are most likely to be smart-heated, detached, family households in England using a gas boiler, according to new data released by the Energy Systems Catapult to mark its test environment growing beyond 1,000 UK dwellings.
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) has teamed up with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in an effort to encourage innovation in offshore wind.
National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chief executive James Heath argues it is neither possible nor desirable to avoid all climate risks, saying: “The idea that we’re going to build our way out of climate change doesn’t seem realistic."
Utility Week Live 2022 returned to deliver its biggest content programme ever, with more than 2,200 people attending to watch a host of fascinating sessions and engage with innovative exhibitors.
On the back of Utility Week Live 2022, Utility Week editor James Wallin sat down with Aimie Chapple, Capita Experience CEO, to gauge her thoughts on the challenges discussed over the two days and solutions presented.