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Categories
- Decarbonisation 6
- Generation 4
- Investment 3
- Feed-in Tariff 3
- CfD 3
- low-carbon 3
- Renewable 3
- Electrification 3
- net zero 2
- Flexibility 2
- Climate Change 2
- Contracts for Difference 2
- Wind turbine 2
- Onshore wind 2
- Future networks 2
- Distribution System Operators 2
- Regulatory Authorities 1
- gas infrastructure 1
- carbon intensity 1
- EirGrid 1
- Capacity Remuneration Mechanism 1
- DNOs 1
- distribution network operator 1
- energy storage 1
- Hydrogen economy 1
- Support schemes 1
- CRM 1
- DSOs 1
- Capacity Auction 1
- Capacity Payment Mechanism 1
- Ireland 1
- SONI 1
- Clearing price 1
- Hydrogen 1
- ED2 1
- electricity market design 1
- Net zero Transaction 1
- Net zero Carbon emissions 1
- transaction 1
- Insight paper 1
- Heat technologies 1
- merchant 1
- renewables 1
- wind 1
- wind farm 1
- Power system 1
- Road map 1
- cost variable renewables 1
- Network innovation allowance 1
- devloper 1
- National Grid Electricity System Operator 1
- Western Power Distribution 1
- Disribution and transmission networks 1
- Fleet charging 1
- Electric Vehicles 1
- EV fleet transition 1
- RESS2 1
- RIIO 1
- Regional flexibility 1
- 2050 Targets 1
- Carbon 1
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- Flexible 1
- Congestion 1
- policy 1
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- Road to Zero 1
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- Generation mix 1
- Network charges 1
- Balancing 1
- Network access 1
- Micro-generation export 1
- Low-carbon generators 1
- EV 1
- Subsidies 1
- FiT 1
- Renewable Obligation 1
- RO 1
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- Consumer demand 1
- Community Energy Scheme 1
- Balancing and Settlement Code 1
- BSC 1
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- Procurement 1
- Offshore Wind 1
- I-SEM 1
- SEM 1
- RESS 1
- Solar power 1
Decarbonisation
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Heat networks
Who pays for supporting the net zero transition
The costs of decarbonising the power system have mainly been funded through consumers’ electricity bills. In 2020-21 these costs amounted to £10bn with the expectation that support for low carbon generation will continue to be necessary. If we are to maintain a trajectory to net zero carbon emissions at 2050,...
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Energy storage and flexibility
Optimal coordination of active network management schemes with balancing services markets
WSP, Cornwall Insight and Complete Strategy are undertaking a Network Innovation Allowance (NIA) funded project on behalf of National Grid Electricity System Operator (NG ESO) and Western Power Distribution (WPD). The project is investigating the optimal coordination of Active Network Management (ANM) schemes on both the distribution and transmission networks...
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E-mobility and low carbon
Leading the charge! Fleet charging – a catalyst for the EV revolution
PwC & Cornwall Insight have partnered to better understand and explain the rapidly evolving market for fleet electrification. Fleet charging has the potential to revolutionise EVs. It has the scale to accelerate the adoption of EVs across the UK, improve air quality, lower noise pollution and ultimately play a critical...
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Heat networks
The future of UK heat networks – critical comparisons with European markets
The UK faces a variety of challenges in terms of tackling heat decarbonisation and implementing effective, low-risk options to serve toward meeting 2050 targets. Carbon produced from heat is the single largest contributor to overall emissions in the UK, at 37% of the total per year. Heat networks may have...
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E-mobility and low carbon
Electric Vehicles: ‘Driven to Disruption’?
The electrification of road transport is rising swiftly up the policy agenda. It will have profound impacts across the electricity value chain. This paper explains and evaluates the electricity supplier offerings emerging for electric vehicles (EVs), driven largely by consumer demand, and how policy and regulatory frameworks need to adapt...
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Low carbon generation
Turn up the volume: reinventing CfD auctions
We argue that changes to the CfD regime should be closely examined to address several limitations in the targets, timings and integration of the auctions with the wider energy system and market landscape: The current approach does not ensure that CfD procurement meets the UK’s decarbonisation trajectory;Investors do not have...
