A pioneering innovation project to accelerate unlocking network capacity limits on the Isle of Wight, to help facilitate the Island’s Net Zero aspirations, has been awarded funding by Ofgem. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has won £600,000 from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund to move forward with work on 4 projects, which will better support customers and communities and benefit the environment. 1 of the 4 projects – Un:Lock – Unblocking Networks – will directly impact the Island. Although the Isle of Wight is one of the sunniest parts of the UK, making it popular for solar power generation, there is a limit to how much of this renewable electricity can be exported off the Island due to the available capacity of the cables that connect the Isle of Wight to the mainland. While a project is in development to install another cable and increase the available capacity, Un:Lock will look at ways in which the connection of new generation can be accelerated, within existing network capacity limits, to help facilitate the Isle of Wight’s Net Zero aspirations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTicaIdWPn0&feature=youtu.be SSEN is working with Regen and Environmental Project Support, who both have a significant understanding of the issues facing consumers and generators in the area. Together, the aim is to demonstrate the opportunity to connect additional generation and deliver benefits for both generators and consumers on the Island. Stewart Reid, Head of Future Networks for SSEN Distribution, says:
“These four projects are diverse in their goals, and they’re all focused on solving real issues, and improving things for our customers, communities, and our environment. This funding will allow us to do further meaningful work to move us closer to deployment of this meaningful work. “Community is at the heart of what we’re about here at SSEN, and we’re also doing a power of work right now to develop fit-for-purpose flexibility services, which can be procured and dispatched as demand requires. “I’d like to thank all our project partners for their work on these projects, which has been invaluable in getting them to this stage and giving them the best possible chance of securing this innovation funding.”
The other projects include:
- ManFlex – helping to create flexibility opportunities for industrial and commercial properties.
- Nature 4 Networks (N4N) – protecting electricity networks from climate change, using nature-based solutions.
- SeaChange – focusing on the decarbonisation of harbours and ports.
Yah, more young drugged up scumbags will be along very soon….That idiot Kev need not to reply…
It was probably 2 mischievous old people up to miscellaneous old people shenanigans.
I’m sure King Kev the village idiot will soon confirm it was an older driver causing more havoc!
The very old couple tried to run off
It was a elderly person who forgot how to drive
Obviously not your turn to have the brain cell in your family then.
Too many older driver’s causes so many accidents
And all of his family by the looks of it all blessed with one brain cell between them, or he has been allowed by mummy to create several “really clever aliases”! And keep on repeating his monosyllabic dribble.. Nothing King about that Kev! Wally.
IF, caught their sentence should be trebled. So likely a three month ban and same points on licence and a thirty pound fine.
Low life druggies, shame the air bag works, and there isn’t a few flowers their now placed by there chav mates.
The air bags normally scuff the skin slightly or pick up saliva out mucous , so loads of DNA for both driver and anyone in the front seat !!
Hope they get caught , DNA will give a positive ID..
You overestimate our police here. DNA and forensics are alien to them. I had a car stolen and they found it dumped with empty beer cans, needles and blood. The scum who stole it are well known to the police but apparently not enough evidence to convict..
Same two lads from the crash the other day in rookley?? They ran off too?
Obviously speeding and probably high else why would they run.
High time Leeson Road was reopened.
Island Road couldn’t undo a bag of crisps
Useless B’stards
3 fire appliances from Ventnor, Shanklin and Newport were mobilised alongside several resources from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service.
When the 999 call is made why do they not ask about the number of casualties and their injuries/condition SEVERAL resources from IOW ambulance services and 3 fire engines for what was basically a 2 car crash. Can see why we are having to pay more money out for these services
Must of cost thousands for that to get f all from them..
Sweet. Drive it like you stole it. My damage rating 8/10 more soon please. Who’s next for my out of my mind car smash rating? Sorry no prizes.
I saw a silver mini like that driving at really crazy speeds through Shanklin & Lake on 2 seperate occassions, thought then that it’s only a matter of time before they come a cropper!! Speeding on the Island is seriously out of control. I have to drive as a community carer and I am actually scared to be on the road these days.
Why flee the scene unless under the influence of drugs or booze
Lock the B’stards up – No feeble excuses.
Well obviously, they are keen joggers..
People young and old are not driving to the conditions along that stretch of road.
3 fire engines, and several resources from the ambulance service, along with 3 police cars, a bit over kill for a two car accident. Call for an ambulance if someone is unwell or fallen you can wait hours, where did they all come from?.
Expecting to see a story like this involving a blue VW Golf in the Sandown area before too long.
Are you sure it wasn’t an Audi? Blue Audi driving like a maniac yesterday through Rookley.
No, the one i keep seeing is an older shape Golf, always speeding, tailgating not giving way at junctions etc.
lets hope on front of IWCP soon, all his mates saying what a good kind hard working family man he was !!
TAKE THE REG NUMBER AND NAME AND SHAME…
Here we go that’s more like it more wankers arriving soon bet nothing happens to them..
Public money, private profit.
Net Zero is a dream, will never happen on the polluting island
full of petrol and diesel vehicles
The Sunniest in the UK? God help the rest of the country then, must be on vitamin D tablets to survive.
Concentrate on wind and wave, solar output will never exceed Island consumption so no need for a cable to export, unless it is to import, what with all the new homes here and planned for future ruination of our beauty, wildlife, and culture forever.
Stewart Reid evidently has verbal diarrhoea. Loose stools doth flow from his gob and convey no information about his “meaningful work”. I suppose we should be glad that this money is being spent on “meaningful work” and not wasted.