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NETWORK / 30 / APRIL 2017 OUTPUT APRIL Smart grid commitment Technology giant Cisco commits to UK smart grid innovation by becoming a tier 1 member of the Power Networks Demonstration Centre at Strathclyde University 32GW The proposed eventual production capacity of startup Northvolt's planned lithium-ion battery 'gigafactory' in Sweden Not so Scilly The Isles of Scilly begin move to energy independence with battery storage system as part of the £10.8 million Smart Energy Islands Project Not so smart "Though a great deal of money and time has been wasted on this very ineffi ciently designed policy, there is still time to change tack to get a better outcome." University of Oxford energy policy professor Dieter Helm resurrects an old smart meter argument NGGD misses target National Grid Gas Distribution is the only gas distribution network which failed to meet its customer satisfaction targets in 2015-16, according to a report published by Ofgem 92% The percentage of heat provided to Denmark's capital Copenhagen through district heating. In comparison, only 2% of the UK's heating comes from the technology "We need an acceptance that more direction is needed within the GB energy system in order to reach a cost-effective, innovative, fl exible and smart energy system. An independent system operator, and the leadership it can provide, is central to that." system operator, and the leadership it can provide, is central to that." EXETER UNIVERSITY SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW MATTHEW LOCKWOOD