Editor's letter: Look beyond our model
GB has had an energy network for so long it tends to skew our thinking about how energy – and especially power – can operate.
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Forging the blockchain
Blockchain is moving out of the realm of speculation into the mainstream. Janet Wood spoke to Australia-based PowerLedger about test beds for the technology and how it will most likely be used in the power sector
The off-grid future?
Already, millions of people get their light and power not through a power network from an electricity supply company, but direct from a PV and battery combination.
Global networks experience: Use it or lose it
In Estonia, network company Electrilevi was faced with maintaining thousands of miles of unused network.
RIIO2 and the network future
Janet Wood looks at debates and decisions around the upcoming network price review
Condition of ageing gas pipe raises questions over resilience
What’s the biggest risk to the UK’s gas supply?
Western Isles final needs case
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has asked Ofgem for conditional approval of its “final needs case” for a subsea cable transmission link from the Western Isles to the Scottish mainland.
Centrica’s EV investment
Centrica Innovations has announced a major investment in Driivz, an Israeli company that offers end-to‑end software solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging.
PV site needs no subsidy
Westcott Venture Park is set to start construction this summer on a 15MWp PV array covering 76 acres, which it says is the UK’s first unsubsidised industrial solar park.
Meter fine for Npower
Npower will pay a fine of £2.4 million after it failed to install advanced meters for business customers.