The government’s renewed focus on supporting Local Area Energy Plans couldn’t come at a better time. Here’s how LAEP+ can help local councils take full advantage of the upcoming support from central government.
Spatial analytics and software company Advanced Infrastructure has announced a joint innovation project with ESB Networks, Ireland's Distribution System Operator (DSO), designed to improve and enhance the connection application experience for customers.
Addressing the top blockers to EV charge point deployment requires a strategic approach, and leveraging data and visualisation tools can play a pivotal role in overcoming the hurdles associated with the roll out of EV infrastructure across the UK. In this blog, we delve into the top three blockers to EV charge point deployment and explore how granular data solutions can help address these issues effectively.
National Grid Electricity Distribution, Advanced Infrastructure, West Midlands Combined Authority, Regen and National Grid ESO have secured £3.7 million in Strategic Innovation Funding for its ground-breaking PRIDE project, which aims to accelerate regional energy planning to achieve net zero.
Advanced Infrastructure is proud to announce its selection as one of the successful startups for Alliander's 2024 Powered program, an initiative aimed at accelerating the energy system transition in the Netherlands.
In December 2023, LENZA specialists from SSEN and Advanced Infrastructure Technology Ltd (AITL), ran initial training sessions with representatives from Wiltshire Council, Southampton City Council, Dorset Council, Perth & Kinross Council, and Dundee City Council.
In a recent report published by Regen and Innovate UK, "Planning for Energy Decarbonisation at a Local Level", it was highlighted that a core data and assumptions service for local authorities would improve the quality and efficiency of local decarbonisation planning.
In a landmark turn of events last week, the world convened at the 28th Climate Summit (COP28) with resounding determination to tackle the climate crisis head-on. Almost 200 nations, including the UK, US and the EU, pledged a resolute phase-out of fossil fuels, a pivotal step toward fulfilling the ambitions of the Paris Agreement.
SSEN and Advanced Infrastructure are rolling out a Net Zero planning tool across 58 local authorities in England and Scotland. Utilising Advanced Infrastructure’s LAEP+ platform and SSEN’s network capacity data, the application - LENZA (Local Energy Net Zero Accelerator) - is driving forward data access, modelling and collaboration in Local Net Zero planning.
National Grid Electricity Distribution has been awarded £558,491 for a project in partnership with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Advanced Infrastructure to improve regional energy planning for net zero by bringing together key stakeholders and relevant datasets on a single digital platform.
Oxfordshire County Council has won a national award for its role in a project that could revolutionise the way energy is produced and used in the UK.
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology that produces impartial and balanced briefings to facilitate knowledge exchange between UK Parliament and research communities, has this month released the 'Local area energy planning: achieving net zero locally' research briefing. The focus of the briefing considers how effective the process of LAEP is in delivering the necessary energy system changes required at the local level using the early examples of ‘trail blazer’ local authorities that are adopting the process.