"Our
engineers
simply could not
believe their eyes
when they saw that
pellets deliberately fired
at our power lines had been
responsible for the damage.
It is difficult to comprehend
how anyone could be so
irresponsible."
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£83M
Northern Powergrid is investing this
amount in a network upgrade programme.
Carbon neutral
Schneider Electric is aiming to become
carbon neutral by 2030. See networks.
online
12GW
A report from
the All-Party
Parliamentary
Group (APPG) on
energy storage
estimates that
by the end of
2021, 12GW of
battery storage
deployment is
possible.
New energy
partnership
Siemens has been
appointed by
Keele University
to turn the West
Midlands-based
University campus
into Europe's
biggest smart
energy network
demonstrator.
Vehicle to Grid
£11 million of government funding has
been awarded to four electric vehicle
demonstration projects as part of a series
of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) innovation bids.
GUY JEFFERSON, CUSTOMER SERVICE DIRECTOR AT SP ENERGY
NETWORKS, RESPONDS TO VANDALS WHO CAUSED POWER CUTS
IN THE LOCHGELLY AREA OF SCOTLAND AFTER FIRING PELLETS AT
OVERHEAD POWER LINES. SEE NETWORKS.ONLINE
