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The Need for Speed: Building the Grid of the Future

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  • Thursday, 02 March 2023
  • 09:2 - 09:2
  • Duration: 24 mins
  • Publication date: 24 Mar 2023
  • Location: Auditorium B&C, TIC Building University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Part of event ACDC 2023

About the session

Chris Fox, Deputy Director (Jobshare), Europe & Offshore Electricity Networks at Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Keynote  - Sharing experience from the newly created Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s work on the Offshore Transmission Network Review and British Energy Security Strategy, Chris will examine the role of grid as a keystone in the delivery of a decarbonised energy system, the strategic challenges facing transmission network delivery and how HVDC and other technologies might offer solutions.

Keywords:
  • AC and DC Power
  • ACDC 2023
  • ACDC conference
  • HVDC technology
  • energy cost and supply.
  • energy industry
  • global covid pandemic

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    Chris Fox

    Head of Interconnection & Offshore Networks (Joint), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
electric power generation electricity supply industry energy storage offshore installations power grids renewable energy sources wind power
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