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HELEN CROSS, MARKETING
MANAGER AT THE EIC,
PAGE 31
PHIL SWIFT, 2017 POWERING
IMPROVEMENT CHAMPION
AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
AT WESTERN POWER
DISTRIBUTION, PAGE 13
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99.9MW
The size of the UK's fi rst
pumped hydro plant in
three decades.
ENERGY STORAGE, PAGE 26
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"The challenge of
complex, critical
systems is that we
have not got the
cross cutting skills
in suffi cient quantity
to deal with the
challenges we are
heading for very
rapidly."
DUNCAN BOTTING, PAGE 11
"Storage is a great
source of fl exibility
and will play a key role
in enabling a smarter
and more effi cient
energy system."
ADRIANA LAGUNA, LOW-
CARBON TECHNOLOGY AND
CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT
MANAGER AT UKPN, PAGE 26
97-99%
The reduction of
noise pollution NGN
achieved using an
acoustic screen.
SME FOCUS, PAGE 31
"Efforts will be made to ensure
issues associated with a more
fl exible and decentralised energy
system – such as automation,
innovation projects, the smart
meter rollout and the development
and introduction of
smart systems –
are suffi ciently
addressed."
"We've got an asset
there that can be
utilised, I don't know
why it hasn't been
fully embraced in
the UK."
Gary McElroy,
infrastructure
manager at Western
Power Distribution and
one of the leads on
Project Nexus
PAGE 36
35
Number of proposed
power system
functions investigated
for FSPA2 report.
PAGE 8
9m
The number of smart
meters installed by
Spain's Iberdrola
since 2010.
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