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Presentation: Putting people at the heart of the energy system
Putting people at the heart of the energy system From: Richard Hoggett Presentation to: putting people at the heart of the energy system, Citizens Advice, London, 10th July 2018 Summary Aims of the roundtable Drivers of change Why think about a people-focussed energy system? What are some of the issues to consider? How can people be put in the centre? This presentation can be found here: Hoggett – IGov People and the Energy System 10th July
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Global Insights: 10th July 2018
AUSTRALIA Work underway to provide a battery comparison register A project is currently being undertaken by the Victorian government, with funding provided by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Smart Energy Council, to create a comparative battery register. Australia is expecting a surge in the number of small scale battery installations to complement the almost 2 million household who currently have solar PV installed. The register will enable householders and businesses to compare storage brands in terms of cycles, depth of discharge,
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Global Insights: 3rd July 2018
AUSTRALIA AER to review bidding practices in the wholesale energy market The Grattan Institute have released a report this week investigating the high prices of the National Electricity Market (NEM). The report concludes that the high prices were caused by closure of old, low-cost, coal generators which caused a reduction in supply and pushed prices up; the rising cost of fuel i.e. black and brown coal and gas; and the ‘gaming’ of the electricity market by major electricity generators. Gaming has been estimated to have cost customers as much as $800m in 2016-17. The report
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New Thinking: Multi-level Coordination and Governance in the Energy Revolution
Multi-level Coordination and Governance in the Energy Revolution Richard Hoggett, IGov Team, 27th June 2018 Early this week I blogged on local energy, multi-level change, and governance reflecting on some thinking from a recent event from the Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum. This second blog builds on these ideas to put forward the clear case for multi-level coordination and governance in the energy revolution. Its reflects some of my thoughts from an event last week at the Energy Systems Catapult on Transforming places through clean growth. In common with many other countries, the
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Global Insights: 26th June 2018
AUSTRALIA Jemena takes on Western Power’s Frank Tudor for new managing director Jemena, one of the privately owned distribution companies for Melbourne and Victoria has appointed Frank Tudor, the former CEO of Wester Power, as their new managing director. Frank Tudor has been instrumental in Western Australia (WA) in realising the benefits of DER in the electricity system. Western Power are the state-owned transmission and distribution company in WA and have been at the forefront of promoting the use of micro-grids. It will be interesting to see how Frank Tudor will integrate his expertise in
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New Thinking: Local energy, multi-level change, and governance
New Thinking: Local energy, multi-level change, and governance Richard Hoggett, IGov Team, 25th June 2016 I recently went to a Westminster Energy Environment & Transport Forum on the Next Steps for Localised Energy Projects and Community Energy. These type of events are great for hearing a range of perspectives on how the energy system is changing and getting insights into how different actors are doing different things. It can be easy to forget how much has happened over recent decades and years in terms of generation, transmission and distribution and how things that felt like
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Global Insights 19th June 2018
AUSTRALIA AEMO and ENA release transformation frameworks paper for consultation AEMO (Australian Energy Market Operator) and the ENA (Energy Networks Australia) have released a consultation paper on ‘how best to transition to a two-way grid that allows better integration of Distributed Energy Resources for the benefit of all customers’. AEMO and the ENA have given possible frameworks for integrating DER: A single integrated platform where the market operator provides a central platform in which all distribution level actors are able to participate. A two-step tiered platform in which the DNO’s are responsible for optimisation and
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Viewpoint: It’s time to spread the benefits of community energy …
Local energy schemes: how can we get more of them in low-income areas? Harriet Sansom, Centre for Sustainable Energy, 14th June 2016 It’s time to spread the benefits of community energy … Most community energy projects happen in more affluent areas. This means that the benefits of local energy schemes – a solar installation on a village hall, say, or a collective buying initiative – are less widespread than they ought to be.That’s not to say that there is no community energy activity in low-income neighbourhoods – see below for some great examples. But there could be
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Presentation: Innovation & governance to enable a high penetration of electric vehicles
Innovation and governance to enable a high penetration of electric vehicles From: Antony Froggatt Presentation to: Innovation & governance of the power sector to enable a high penetration of electric vehicles, Chatham House, London, 12th June 2018 Summary Agenda EV Deployment – points of infulence Environmental control Global forcasts Impact on power demand Falling storage costs Charging infrastructure Corporate engagement This presentation can be found here: froggatt
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New Thinking: More ambition needed for RIIO2 outputs
More ambition needed for RIIO2 outputs* Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 14th June 2018 Ofgem is currently consulting on multiple issues: RIIO2, network charging, post-supplier hub model, settlement and metering – and the sum of the decisions made about these consultations will form the basis of regulation for the next 10 years or so. It is therefore important to get these consultations ‘right’ – and from my perspective ‘right ‘ equals putting in place an energy system which removes barriers to delivering, whilst positively encouraging, the move to a smart and flexible energy system which is
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