After months of anticipation, the government has today (Monday 14 December) finally published its long-awaited Energy White Paper.
“The UK has set a world–leading net zero target, the first major economy to do so, but simply setting the target is not enough – we need to achieve it,” says Alok Sharma, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in his foreword. But does the White Paper deliver this detail?
Ben Young is an Operational Manager in the NGESO Control Centre in Wokingham. He currently splits his time between operational shift work in the control room and project work within a day team. Ben has been heavily involved in the NGESO’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading their engagement with Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the wider electricity industry, as well as responding to the short-term operability challenges posed by low demand for electricity during the lockdown.
For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, the UK has recorded two full months without any coal-fired power contributing to our energy mix (as of 10th June).
As lockdown and social distancing measures cause energy demand to fall dramatically among the industrial and commercial sectors, many businesses are now having to take action to manage reduced energy requirements.
As global demand for energy plummets due to the lockdown measures operating in many countries, so gas and power markets have dropped to record lows
A number of temporary measures have been put in place to help support businesses during the disruption caused by the coronavirus.
In this difficult time, as your supplier, we are doing everything we can to ensure that day-to-day operations continue with minimal interruption.
In these unprecedented times all of our businesses are adapting, and it is likely your own business will be adapting to the current situation. As a result your energy consumption may be changing, in some cases quite significantly.