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UTILITY WEEK | 28TH OCTOBER - 3RD NOVEMBER 2016 | 5 A project being undertaken by Scottish Power to lay a subsea power cable connecting Scotland and England has uncovered the wreck of a German U-boat while surveying the seabed. The vessel, UB-85, was abandoned by her crew under fire in 1918. Pictured is U-118, which ran aground in Hastings in 1919 while being towed to a scrap yard. National Grid has unveiled plans to connect up the proposed Moorside nuclear plant in Cumbria via the "biggest new power line project" since the electricity network was first built. In order to reduce the visual impact of the link, more than a quarter of it will be buried underground. Power line project to connect Moorfield Salt cavern hydrogen storage Engineering company Atkins has been selected by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to conduct a pioneering study of the feasibility of using UK salt caverns for storing hydrogen. The six-month project will seek to identify caverns in Cheshire, Teesside and East Yorkshire that could be used to store hydrogen to be used for peak generation. ETI's CCS strategy manager, Den Gammer, said: "We believe that storing and using hydrogen could be a low-cost way of providing clean power for peak and load-following demand. "A single cavern could potentially provide enough storage capacity to satisfy the peak demand of a UK city. This project will provide more detail on the suitability of individual caverns and the costs associated with using them." ETI will invest £170,000 in the initiative Tidal Energy in administration The tidal stream technology firm Tidal Energy has gone into administration less than a year after developing and testing a 400kW turbine in Pembrokeshire, known as Delta Stream. Joint administrators Stephen Wade and David Hill were appointed this month and said that they have "retained key staff to continue the company's operations and specialist knowledge while a buyer is sought for the business and assets as a going concern". The company was set up in 2001 and has offices in Cardiff and Pembroke Dock. Tidal Energy director Chris Williams said: "Unfortunately, market forces have meant we have struggled financially, but we are confident that we have the skillsets amongst our people and a tried and tested technology in place." ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY 80% Amount by which Cambridge Water says it will slash water bills for customers in low income households. 2.4MW Severn Trent's Coleshill anaerobic digestion plant has been given the all-clear to use its digestate as fertiliser for agriculture. Martin confirmed as British Water CEO British Water has appointed Lloyd Martin as its chief executive. He had been serving in the role on an interim basis since March. Martin has 25 years of water industry experience working in the UK and overseas, including roles as regional director for Severn Trent Services International and business development manager at Anglian Water International. He has also undertaken a three-year assignment as the UK water industry's international trade adviser to the UK government. Commenting on his appoint- ment, Martin said: "I am very pleased to continue serving as chief executive of British Water. The association is a nexus for water industry expertise and we are actively building stronger relation- ships throughout the water industry and with governmental and global organisations." APPOINTMENT