Utility Week

UTILITY WEEK | 12TH - 18TH JANUARY 2018 | 5 "Theresa May wanted to reassert her authority but has come out of this looking weaker than ever" Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael commenting on the Cabinet reshuffle, which saw Greg Clark survive as secretary of state for business and energy. A team of specialist divers helped to kick-start Southern Water's £3 million upgrade of Ham Hill wastewater treatment works in Snodland, Kent. They were drafted in from engineering firm Burgess Marine to work on a valve located at the bottom of a tank, which stores partially treated wastewater. The site remained fully functioning throughout the first stage of work, meaning wastewater services were unaffected for 56,000 customers. 13 National Grid has confirmed a total of 13 renewables records were broken over the course of 2017. 300 Southern Water's misconnections project, launched to improve the quality of bathing waters, has identified more than 300 misconnections, including over 50 toilets. PAN-UTILITY Utilities leaders recognised in 2018 New Year Honours list A host of utilities leaders were recognised in the Queen's New Year Honours list for 2018. Among them were Susan Rice, chair of Scottish Water, who is to be appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Joanne Wade, chief executive of the Association for the Conserva- tion of Energy, who has been awarded an OBE; and Jo Coleman, strategy development director for the Energy Technologies Institute, who was also awarded an OBE. Also recognised were: Order of Bath – CB (Companion) • Stephen Speed, director, civil nuclear and resilience, BEIS. Order of the British Empire – Commanders of the Order of the British Empire • Tom Delay, chief executive, The Carbon Trust. • Shaun Kingsbury, chief execu- tive, Green Investment Bank. Order of the British Empire – Officers of the Order of the British Empire • Irene Adams, adviser to the chair, Green Investment Bank. • Stephanie Jane Karpetas, founder and director, Sustainability Connections and director, Orchard Community Energy. • Paromita Konar-Thakkar, deputy director, energy economics and analysis, BEIS. • Dr Elizabeth Angela McDonnell, lately head, biomass electricity policy, BEIS. Order of the British Empire – Members of the Order of the British Empire • Daniel McCallum, co-founder and managing director, Awel Aman Tawe. "It's been an exciting year [2017] managing the many network firsts – from a day where we operated the system with zero coal power, to one where over half of Great Britain's energy demand was met by renewable generation" Duncan Burt, National Grid director of system operator, talking about last year being on track to be the "greenest year ever" for Britain's power sector due to record-breaking renewable generation. 'Green gas is key to Scotland's energy goals' Green gas could enable Scotland to meet the energy goals outlined in the country's first Energy Strategy, according to Charlotte Morton, chief executive of UK trade body the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association. The Scottish government's strat- egy details its vision for Scotland's future energy system until 2050. Its new target is to supply at least 50 per cent of all heat, transport and electricity consumption through renewable energy by 2030.

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