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A closer look at the trends, policies and infrastructure challenges shaping clean energy project development.

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The Missing Intelligence Layer in UK Grid Flexibility Markets

UK flexibility markets are growing rapidly, but success increasingly depends on understanding network constraints, infrastructure dependencies and future opportunities. Discover why intelligence is becoming as important as market participation itself.

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How Much Energy?

How Much Energy?

I was bad this morning: I failed to get out of bed for the Kew Gardens 10k run that we'd signed up for over six months ago. Rosie didn't go either, in fact neither did the fit runner that she'd donated her race bib to.. Ah well. I then tried to compensate for it later...

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Olwg Names Advisory Board

Olwg Names Advisory Board

As part of our continuing growth and development we have asked three industry legends to join our advisory board. The members of our new advisory board bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from a variety of industries, and will be a tremendous resource to the...

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Electric vehicles – or something else?

Electric vehicles – or something else?

‘If the electric vehicle only is a substitute for the current car and we continue with a car-dominated mobility system, the low carbon and inclusive economy will still be far away’. (Schot and Steinmueller, 2018 p 1562). ‘If the electric vehicle only is a substitute...

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Getting to Grips with Units

Getting to Grips with Units

We've had some interesting discussions recently as a result of getting tangled up with energy / engineering units commonly used by different parts of the industry - and we've developed an interactive app to make our lives a bit easier, by getting to answers more...

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Olwg awarded B Corp Pending Status

Olwg awarded B Corp Pending Status

We are delighted to announce that Olwg has recently been certified as B Corp Pending. But what is exactly is B Corp? B Corp is "to business what Fair Trade is to coffee" in as such that B Corp businesses give as much consideration to their social and environmental...

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A Lag in the System

A Lag in the System

The title above now has a twofold meaning: Initially it referred only to a simple bit of lagging in our domestic hot water system; but considering that a couple of months have passed since (during a cold snap in early February) I started writing this, it now also...

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Carbon transition: A microeconomic perspective.

Carbon transition: A microeconomic perspective.

The first thing to say, I am not an economist; in fact, I have only just started to learn about economics in my recent studies. Specifically, I have been learning about microeconomics. Microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies individuals and firms'...

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REACT

Research and Innovation for Faster Network Planning

REACT combines infrastructure, project and geospatial intelligence to help network operators evaluate opportunities, understand constraints and support faster planning decisions.

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