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| 31ST MAY - 6TH JUNE 2019 | UTILITY WEEK
Policy & Regulation
Roundtable
L
et's cut to the chase. If we care about
mitigating climate change, we need to
release radio spectrum to enable the
emergence of a smart, flexible, decentral-
ised power grid. This was the clear-cut mes-
sage that emerged from a meeting of senior
industry experts and regulators in the House
of Commons.
The creation of a smart, decentralised
power system is a central cog in the UK's
response to the ultimate threat of climate
change. A grid that can embrace a diverse
range of renewable generation technolo-
gies, along with energy storage, that can
support dynamic electric vehicle charging,
low-carbon heating technologies and facili-
tate energy flexibility markets, is essential to
unlock a new phase of emissions reduction
in the UK.
There is an urgent need to access this
seam of low-carbon potential. In early May,
the Committee on Climate Change (CCC)
published a report emphasising the need
to set a national net-zero emissions target
for greenhouse gases by 2050 to honour the
UK's commitments in the Paris Agreement.
The smart energy blind spot
Current operational telecoms systems are not fit for a
distribution system operator future. Jane Gray reports on
the key outcomes of a Network debate, hosted in association
with Nokia and Joint Radio Company (JRC).
The creation of a
smart, decentralised power
system is a central cog in
the UK's response to the
ultimate threat of climate
change
