networks

Storm Arwen lessons show enhanced asset monitoring is a ‘win-win’ for ED2

Energy networks know a lot about assets above the ground but how much do they know about what lies beneath their feet? Electricity North West's Steve Cox sets out the barriers and opportunities around enhanced LV network monitoring.

10/10/2022

Opinion

Energy transition: Building the flexible grid of the future

The decarbonisation of the energy system requires networks to accelerate digitalisation and increase grid flexibility. But what are the challenges utilities must tackle on the path to delivering the flexible grid of the future? This webinar will consider the opportunities to maximise market participation, the merits of a common framework for flexibility, and how data can be used at grid edge to improve resilience across the network.

On demand

Webinars

DNOs brace for Storm Eunice after Met Office issues red alert

Distribution network operators (DNOs) are bracing themselves for more extreme weather after reconnecting tens of thousands of homes following Storm Dudley. The Met Office sent out a rare red weather alert on Thursday (17 February), warning that exposed areas could see gusts of more than 90mph as Storm Eunice hits the UK early on Friday morning.

17/02/2022

News

Networks need ‘healthy tension’ between competition and collaboration

A senior figure at a distribution network operator has insisted that while regulated companies must seek to collaborate more closely, it is essential to maintain a spirit of competition.

06/12/2021

News

It’s all downside and very little upside – Nicola Shaw blasts Ofgem’s sums

The brooding row between Ofgem and networks over the draft price determinations would appear to strike at the very heart of energy companies’ ambitions to Build Back Better – no more so than at National Grid as executive director Nicola Shaw tells Denise Chevin

03/09/2020

Interviews

Networks will soon need to adjust summer plans in response to coronavirus

Networks operators will soon need to begin adjusting their work plans for the summer season in response to the coronavirus, an industry expert has forewarned. They may face difficulties if they remove equipment from service during the accompanying lull in demand and then suffer from staff shortages as a result of the global pandemic.

17/03/2020

News

Editor’s view: Time for a long look at RIIO2

30/05/2019

Opinion

Letter from the Editor: A calculated approach to nationalisation

15/05/2019

Comment

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