Regulations to streamline energy innovation

The transition to renewables is throwing up exciting innovations says Andy Normand from Encora Energy.

With electricity demand forecast to double by 2050, the energy industry is busy devising ways of how best to meet this. There are many ingenious and varied ways of making the most of the new regime through power generation, storage and demand flexibility. However, the biggest issues are currently with the bit in the middle – grid infrastructure and getting connected.

The problems

Over the last few years...