INNOVATION HELPS UTILITIES PUSH FORWARD INTO A GREENER FUTURE

BY MARK ROWE ENERGY production that uses renewable sources or drastically reduces the use of fossil fuels are of course increasingly entering the market place, and with such transformation, innovation is at a premium. Demand for novel thinking and processes is being inflated in Europe by the European Union's EU2020 objectives for a 20% reduction in CO2, and for 20% of energy to be generated from renewable energy sources by 2020. In the UK, which has traditionally been something of a laggard in terms of energy innovation, the National Grid's projection is that ...


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