Utility Week

"Nuclear is phenomenally expensive and the 10,000 new jobs will come at a million and a half pounds each once you have taken account of the subsidies; tidal will be exactly the same" Former Npower chief executive Paul Massara tells a conference, organised by the Conservative think-tank Bright Blue. UTILITY WEEK | 17TH - 23RD NOVEMBER 2017 | 5  WaterAid launched its "most ambitious" fundraising appeal yet at a preview screening of Paddington 2 in London last week, ahead of the film's UK-wide release. The government has promised to match every £1 donated to the charity's Untapped appeal before 31 January 2018, to a maximum of £5 million. Actor Hugh Bonneville (pictured), who plays Mr Brown in the film, is a WaterAid ambassador and welcomed visitors to the special screening. £30bn Amount district heat improvements could save the UK, according to the Energy Technologies Institute. 8% Percentage of customers likely to submit Subject Access Requests to utility companies when new data protection laws come into effect in May 2018. WATER Affinity: industry task force could combine efforts Affinity Water's managing director for wholesale operations, Drew Ritchie, said he wants to set up a task force with the express idea of "creating the future, together". Speaking at Utility Week's Congress 2017 last month, Ritchie shared his thoughts on creating a water delivery group, comprising chief operating officers and man- aging directors of UK water firms. "We need to carefully navigate our way through regulatory and policy changes, economic and financial change, Brexit, climate change, investment and maintenance of ageing assets, technological development and of course beating our customers' expectations of us." He added: "For me, it is all about the industry as a whole, rather than as individual water companies. We need to work together more collaboratively than ever before to address the future challenges we each face." POWER SECTOR CARBON INTENSITY (G/KWH) Norway Sweden France Brazil Canada Venezuela Spain Russia Vietnam Argentina Italy Egypt Ukraine Mexico Turkey Netherlands USA UAE Germany Britain Thailand Iran Korea Japan Britain's power sector has emerged as a global leader in emission reductions, according to the latest edition of the quarterly Electric Insights report produced by Drax and Imperial College London. The carbon intensity of the UK's power sector dropped by 47 per cent between 2012 and 2016, making it the seventh least power-hungry in a ranking of the world's most power-hungry nations – the biggest improvement of any country on the list. 2012 2016 Norway Sweden France Canada Brazil Venezuela Britain Spain Russia Ukraine Vietnam Italy Argentina Mexico Egypt Turkey USA Germany Iran UAE Korea Thailand Japan Netherlands 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 0 200 400 600 800 1,000

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