AN electricity provider has installed more than 80 low-voltage monitors around Oxfordshire which will help it to keep up with the shift in electricity demand. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has installed the devices so that it can see live, up-to-date changes in how people are using electricity. As the Climate Change Committee (CCC) forecasted that by 2050 demand on electricity networks could treble, Project Local Energy Oxfordshire (LEO), is working to understand how communities can play an active role in this journey. Through its smart grid trials, Project LEO is helping prepare for a shift in the electricity system, from one where energy is only consumed to one where it can be produced, stored, balanced and sold back to the system.
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Date: 27 May 2021
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Soaring demand for electrification in Highlands as report outlines radical move to sustainable energy by 2050; Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks: We are beginning to see a much clearer decarbonisation pathway By Hector MacKenzie
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Updated: 07:02, 18 January 2021
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The number of electric vehicles on the roads is set to soar.
The Highlands could see over 250 times the number of electric vehicles on its roads and the number of heat pumps keeping homes and businesses warm mushroom by over 100,000 by 2050.
That s according to a report published by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution. Distribution Future Energy Scenarios examines the impact of a net zero future on the companyâs electricity distribution network in the north of Scotland.