The
pressure placed
on power networks is
set to increase exponentially
as the way we live, work, play and
learn becomes connected. This is a
pivotal point in time for the sector, and
we are delighted to be working with
the PNDC to deploy an infrastructure
to test and prove the capabilities
of new technology to drive
innovation and new added
value services.
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JANUARY 2018
11GW
Electric vehicles (EVs) could provide this
amount of flexible capacity to the UK's
energy system by 2030.
New energy market
Northern Powergrid is aiming to create a
new energy market where its customers
can make money from solar panels,
electric vehicles and home batteries.
£57.5m
The amount of
funding that
Ofgem has
awarded to
seven Network
Innovation
Competition
(NIC) projects
this year.
Electricity
distribution
networks
- a new
model for a
new age.
Schneider Electric
looks at how
the distribution
network operator
(DNO) model is
changing. See
more at networks.
online/type/
industry-insight/
Clean electricity
Britain has climbed 13 places in a global
league table comparing the carbon
content of country power supplies in
2012 and 2016.
SEE NETWORKS.ONLINE
JORDI FERRER, VICE PRESIDENT, ENTERPRISE, CISCO UK &
IRELAND, ON CISCO JOINING FORCES WITH THE POWER NETWORKS
DEMONSTRATION CENTRE (PNDC). SEE NETWORKS.ONLINE
