North Western and North Wales
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Committee contact
To contact the branch, please email northwestnorthwales@energyinst.org.
Events and training
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Publications and documents
EI Energy Careers Panel Flyer 1
11 Jun 2018
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11 Jun 2018
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Latest news
First MVDC link will reinforce North Wales power system
27-06-2017
The US-based GE Energy Connections is to play a central role in Scottish Power Energy Network’s Angle-DC project in Anglesey and North Wales, which aims to demonstrate a novel network reinforcement technique by converting an existing 33-kV AC circuit to DC operation. GE is to deliver the technology ...
Private wire PV scheme
1-10-2016
Described as the UK’s largest solar park with a private wire connection for commercial use, the 50 MW scheme to generate solar power for users on the Deeside Industrial Estate in North Wales, is up and running.Shotwick Solar Park will provide UPM Shotton’s paper mill with renewable energy for the ne...
New development for Hinkley
1-10-2016
The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that a ‘revised agreement’ has been reached with EDF that will give the green light for construction of a planned 3.2-GW power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, UK. The £20bn project is based around two pressur...
Pellet-fired boiler for premise of Tyrnog Liveries in North Wales.
1-09-2016
Hafod Renewable Energy has installed a 48 kW ÖkoFEN wood pellet boiler to serve the premises of Tyrnog Liveries at Llandyrnog in North Wales.The boiler is housed in a central plant room and connected to a district heating system that serves the house and office. It also feeds a domestic hot water cy...
Battery storage system will store PV-generated power
11-01-2016
Energy storage technologies – particularly those designed to accept the output from intermittent renewables generators – are an increasingly important area for technology design and testing, with the development of appropriate commercial arrangements not far behind. Now, one of the UK’s first...