Heat networks harnessing energy from waste are to be developed in London and Devon with the support of almost £30 million awarded through the Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).
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.
A trial of heat-as-a-service in the form of the warm homes prescription pilot, run by the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC), has shown that it is possible for suppliers to offer energy as a service under current market rules, one of the designers of the scheme has said.
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.
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.
More closely scrutinising its environmental impact and outcomes as a newly accredited B Corp will fuel innovation in the utilities sector and elsewhere according to professional services firm and Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management partner, Gemserv.
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.
Centrica will begin a controllable storage heater demand-side response trial using Elexon’s Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) Sandbox in September following approval by Ofgem.
Bruce Hutt founder and owner of Enduratec – a best gas innovation and innovation of the year award finalist at the 2022 Energy Innovation Awards – discusses his firm’s innovation in the utilities sector.
Jacob Byskov Kristensen, energy counsellor at the Embassy of Denmark, details key characteristics of the networks providing Danish homes with clean, green heat.
Following Utility Week’s Future of Heat conference and further calls to double down on heat network innovation, Utility Week Innovate explores a number of recently funded projects to exploit ground, mine water, air, water and sewer sources.
As part of Utility Week Innovate and Utility Week Live’s ‘Unlocking Collaborative Innovation’ series, hydrogen experts discuss the importance of a joined up approach across utilities, academia and local authorities to create commercially viable hydrogen.
The latest Innovate round-up includes news of Octopus launching a new development model for renewables and BEIS pledging just shy of one million pounds towards a four MWh gravity-based storage facility project.
Utility Week Innovate’s latest round-up features water sector updates from M2M, South East and Northumbrian, as well as news of a domestic flexibility trial involving 1.4 million customers from National Grid and Octopus.
The latest Innovate round-up includes news of a hybrid boiler collaboration involving SGN and UK Power Networks and work beginning on a £30 million water research centre from South West Water and the University of Exeter.