Network

Network Dec/ Jan 2018

Issue link: https://fhpublishing.uberflip.com/i/912901

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 30 of 35

NETWORK / 31 / DECEMBER 2017 / JANUARY 2018 Steve Cox, engineering and technical director, Electricity North West. "It's important that we allow the market to determine what are the most effi cient solutions." For a full list of presentations see: http://events.networks. online/fl exible/speaker-presen- tations/ Views from the speakers: Roger Hey, future networks manager, Western Power Distri- bution. "With all this storage and fl exibility we've got to ensure that it's secure from cyber- attacks." Peter Jones, technology strategy manager, ABB Power Grids. "I think an independent national system operator and regional system operators under public ownership could work quite well. Especially given some of the interest that we're seeing from parties that are not related to utilities, to bring forward disruptive innovation in private fl exible energy networks." Dr Rachel Cooper, head of smart energy, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Our energy system is changing fundamentally and the way that consumers interact with the system is also changing." Randolph Brazier, head of inno- vation and development, Energy Networks Association. "The true savings in fl exibility come about when you consider the energy system as a whole." Jonathan Brearley, senior partner for networks, Ofgem. "The role of EVs and how we apply those technologies has quite a serious impact on the level of network investment we might need." Sponsored by OTHER KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED: How to handle declining system inertia. Customer engagement and automated fl exibility. The impact of fast EV charging innovations on network fl exibility and reinforcement needs. Dieter Helm's cost of energy review and his proposal for regional system operators. The importance of collaboration between gas and electricity networks. The transmission- distribution interface and the need for communications innovation. The potential of the gas network to provide energy system fl exibility. How to support investment ahead of need in a fast changing but uncertain world.

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of Network - Network Dec/ Jan 2018