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G R I D
JULY/
AUGUST
£28m
The amount of funding
available via new two new
Innovate UK competitions
focused on novel ways
of achieving affordable,
sustainable and secure energy
and for the integration of
energy and transport to tackle
the challenges of modern
urban living.
"We dispatched
DSBR and
automatically,
demand response
was linked
to an energy
problem… that
led, unfortunately,
to an old narrative
in which demand
side is only used
when we're really
in trouble."
Cordi O'Hara,
director of UK system
operator, National
Grid
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"I would particularly home
in on interconnection as
far as what I think is
going to be a real
Brexit problem."
ALAN
WHITEHEAD,
FORMER
SHADOW ENERGY
MINISTER, IS
INTERVIEWED,
P6
Brexit
impact
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"IT HAS BEEN
ESTIMATED THAT
GREATER ENERGY
EFFICIENCY,
INCREASED
RENEWABLES AND
NEW NUCLEAR
GENERATORS
MEAN THAT THE
REQUIREMENT FOR
PRIMARY FREQUENCY
RESPONSE WITHIN
10 SECONDS COULD
EXCEED 2GW IN
FUTURE."
ANDREW HOWE, DIRECTOR,
LEVEL ENERGY
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£27m
The cost of the latest tunnel
to be completed by UK Power
Networks for added capacity
in London
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63%
Carbon emissions cut during
SSE's district heating pilot in
Wyndford, Glasgow
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"I FEEL LIKE [THE
REFERENDUM
RESULT HAS] ALMOST
CERTAINLY DIMINISHED
OUR ABILITY TO USE
INTERCONNECTORS
TO HELP US WITH
BALANCING."
PROFESSOR PHIL TAYLOR,
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
