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Energising Excellence: Unleashing the Full Potential of Our Workforce

07/11/2024 | Jennifer Davies

In this blog, I discuss how we are building our resilient workforce for the future and highlight career opportunities with SP Energy Networks during Scottish Careers Week #ScotCareersWeek2024.

 

Securing our future by building resilience to cyber threats

01/10/2024 Euan Birch

In this blog, I set out our ambition to maintain a cyber resilient network and cyber secure services through our people, processes and technology.

 

Operational Flexibility In Action with Statkraft

13/09/2024  

Our SP Energy Networks flexibility team recently travelled to the Cwm Rheidol valley in the Ceredigion region of Mid-Wales to visit one of our providers supporting our network with operational flexibility, turning up or turning down their power generation to support network requirements.

 

How we ensure a secure and resilient energy supply

03/09/2024 | Allan Holton

In this blog, the key themes are ‘Non-Load Investment’ and ‘Resilience’ - how we support and secure our network, ensuring we can run our business efficiently, provide high quality service and be resilient to changing circumstances & climate change.

 

Powering the Future - Using Power Electronics to Revolutionise the Electricity Network

14/08/2024 | Graham Campbell

Over a decade ago, SP Energy Networks began investigating how we could use power electronics at scale to support our customers. Before 2011, Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) conducted a few research projects implementing power electronics.

 

Connecting our electric future

25/07/2024 | Craig McTaggart

As a transmission and distribution network owner, we play a critical role in enabling the transition to a cleaner future – supporting both the Scottish and UK Governments to achieve their targets of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 in Scotland and 2050 in the UK.

Previous Blogs

Previous Blogs

 

UNLOCKING FLEXIBILITY FOR NET ZERO

11/07/2024 | Pamela Mathieson

What does Flexibility have to do with Net Zero?
Quite a lot actually…the scale of decarbonisation means that by 2050 the peak demand on our distribution network is forecast to double. New demand, generation and storage will increasingly push our network assets beyond what they are designed for.

 

Q&A WITH ANGELA LOVE, CHAIR OF INZAC

24/06/2024 | Angela Love

Ahead of publication of our RIIO-T3 Business Plan in December, we caught up with Angela Love - Chair of our Independent Net Zero Advisory Council (INZAC).

 

WORLD OCEAN DAY

07/06/2024 | Chris Travers

Every day we work to ensure a resilient and reliable electricity supply to our customers – but did you know that some of this electricity travels miles under the sea before it reaches your home?

 

DIGITALISE TO DECARBONISE

29/04/2024 | Lynda Ward

As a transmission and distribution network owner, we play a critical role in enabling the transition to a cleaner, future – supporting both the Scottish and UK Government to reach their Net Zero targets.

 

DELIVERING A MORE SUSTAINABLE NETWORK

05/06/2024 | Lauren McCarthy

As a leading electricity networks business, SP Energy Networks has a critical role to help the UK meet its ambitious climate change targets and enable the transition to a low carbon economy.

 

Ensuring regulation & policy is fit for a net zero world

28/03/2024 | David Boyland

As a transmission and distribution network owner, we play a critical role in enabling the transition to a cleaner, future – supporting both the Scottish and UK Government to reach their Net Zero targets.

 

Empowering our communities

27/02/2024 | Jillian Violaris

As a transmission and distribution network operator, we play a key role in enabling the transition to a cleaner, greener future - helping the Government reach its Net Zero target. 

Introducing our next transmission business plan

21/02/2024 | Andrew Stanger

The Scottish and UK Governments have set ambitious decarbonisation targets for Net Zero by 2045 and 2050 respectively. The next decade will be crucial in preparing the grid for the increase in electricity demand resulting from the decarbonisation of society and the economy.

 

FIFE COUNCIL FORWARD-THINKING STRATEGIES HELP NETWORK COLLABORATION

28/11/2023 | Jack Evans

It was a pleasure to be part of opening Fife Council’s COP Conference 23 November 2023 with the Fife Partnership Board alongside Fife Council Chief Executive Ken Gourlay.

WHAT DOES GRID CAPACITY AND CONNECTION MEAN FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES?

24/06/2024 | Rachel Donoghue

We recently joined up with SSEN to give Solace Scotland members a seminar on grid capacity and connection.

 

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