UTILITY WEEK | 29TH MARCH - 4TH APRIL 2019 |
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UK Power Networks staff have co-designed a new scouting badge aimed at
helping young people become more energy aware. Scouts will be able to earn
the local knowledge badge by learning how to stay safe around substations
and cables, and by increasing local awareness of the free help available to
those in the community who rely on electricity. The UKPN staff, who are also
scout leaders, will be testing it with their local groups, including the 25th
Ealing, Thurston and Rendlesham Scout Groups.
16MW
EDF Energy has signed a
partnership with energy storage
provider Anesco to optimise a
combined 16MW of solar and
battery assets at the Clayhill solar
farm in Bedfordshire.
545,000
tonnes
A new energy-from-waste
facility at Rookery South Pit in
Bedfordshire will have a power
output of more than 60MW and be
able to process 545,000 tonnes of
non-recyclable waste annually.
£1bn
Thames Water is proposing to
invest £1 billion in technology to
"revolutionise" its operations and
boost efficiency by 20 per cent.
WINTER RESILIENCE DASHBOARD 2018/19
TOTAL NUMBERS FOR STORMS ALI, BRONAGH, CALLUM, DEIRDRE, ERIK, FREYA AND GARETH
Electricity networks demonstrated their resilience this winter, recording a 99.9 per cent reliability rate despite a
string of storms battering Britain, according to figures from the ENA and the Met Office.
Extreme conditions, including heavy downpours and windspeeds of more than 90mph in some areas, saw
only a fraction of connections – at 0.23 per cent – affected. Average power cut times came in at 35 minutes,
with more than half a million connections restored and 605,546 priority services register customers contacted.
"I know
sometimes
people
think that's
an exercise
in paper
pushing. It's
actually an
incredibly
helpful way of
setting out the
priorities."
Energy and clean growth minister
Claire Perry promises to provide
more guidance on the government's
intentions in a roadmap for heat
decarbonisation due to be published
in early 2020.
