Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution PLC

Creosote is a tar-based wood preservative used to protect utility poles, but it is also an environmental contaminant that can leach into soil and water, posing serious health and ecological risks. The UK energy network utilises creosote-treated poles for overhead-line distribution due to their long service life, with SSEN operating over 1 million and repl...

As society moves towards Net Zero, some people will easily participate in the energy transition, others, either by choice or factors outside their control, will not. To ensure an equitable transition, energy networks need to cater for all consumers. For the first time, VERIFY will combine data on networks, properties, consumer demographics and smart meter...

As electricity networks face growing pressure for connections, the need for smarter, faster, and more flexible network solutions becomes essential. Dynamic Rating (DR) allows electricity network assets, particularly overhead lines, to operate closer to their real-time thermal capacity by accounting for environmental conditions. Dynamic, Data Driven Asset ...

_To achieve clean power by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050, UK food production must move away from fossil fuels. With approximately 209,000 farm holdings in 2023, energy networks must adapt prepared to meet different future rural energy demands driven by greenhouse gas reductions and climate change adaptation._ _The Future Agriculture Resilience Mapping (FARM) ...

It is essential that Protected Sites (PSs), e.g. hospitals and military sites, have a resilient energy supply to meet critical requirements. Most protected sites currently use fossil-fuels for heat and backup solutions. For Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), supporting protected sites' transition to electrified heating will require providing additiona...

To meet the demand that heat pumps and other LCTs will place on the network significant reinforcement will be required, it is critical that the cost of scale of this is managed effectively. EqualLCT will accelerate the roll out of heat pumps combined alongside energy efficiency and flexibility products to facilitate the transition to net zero while also e...

With increasing demand for both electrification and renewables connections, many areas of the distribution network are approaching their capacity and will need intervention. Traditionally, DNOs can reinforce the network or procure flexibility services to meet these peaks. These are costly solutions that can have long lead times. By leveraging dynamic asse...

As rural industries decarbonise, they may find this transition challenging. This is where Network operators can provide valuable support to help them make the right decisions. Rural networks are often characterised by radial circuits with limited capacity. These circuits are harder and more expensive to reinforce. RIDES will develop a tool to show rural i...

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A Digital Twin for Energy Grids