{"id":191690,"date":"2022-03-15T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=191690"},"modified":"2022-03-15T11:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:56:29","slug":"national-grid-wants-low-carbonbackup-generators-to-replace-diesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=191690","title":{"rendered":"National Grid wants \u201alow-carbon\u2018backup generators to replace diesel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photosynthesis: nature requires carbon dioxide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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It goes without saying any alternative will be more expensive than diesel. But cost can\u2019t stand in the way of climate dogma and obsessing about \u201acarbon emissions\u2018, i.e. the trace gases that nature relies on for photosynthesis.<\/em>
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National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has launched their first \u2018Call for Innovation\u2019 to businesses across the UK to find a new low carbon alternative to backup diesel generators \u2013 Press release<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGET currently use batteries alongside diesel generators to provide backup power to a substation for key activities such as cooling fans, pumps, and lighting, enabling it to continue to perform its crucial role in the electricity transmission system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These backup generators are rarely used and have less than a 1% chance of operating per year, however, on the rare occasion that backup power is required, changing from diesel to low-carbon emission alternatives have the potential to reduce carbon intensity by 90%* and save over 500,000kg of carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NGET is seeking to establish a new commercial approach with a 3rd party supplier, enabling it to try new backup power systems or combined standby and generation assets as low carbon alternatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Call for Innovation (CFI) is an approach to the market to see what products and services are available in the industry with funding coming from Ofgem\u2019s Network Innovation Allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst there are low-carbon alternative diesel fuels in the market, there is a need to explore new assets, interfaces, commercial frameworks and asset management policies that support the adoption of new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backup generators are used at over 250 NGET sites across England and Wales, the majority of which are diesel powered. These systems provide NGET with the resilience to recover from a loss of supply event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Kuchta, Innovation Engineer for Net Zero Innovation at National Grid said: \u201cAs the electricity transmission owner for England and Wales, we play an important role at the heart of the UK\u2019s transition to net zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important we lead by example, reducing our own emissions and working with others to enable and accelerate the transition to net zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFinding new low-carbon alternatives to diesel generators is another step on that journey and we encourage suppliers to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 15, 2022, by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nNational Grid wants ‘low-carbon’ back up generators to replace diesel<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It goes without saying any alternative will be more expensive than diesel. But cost can\u2019t stand in the way of climate dogma and obsessing about \u201acarbon emissions\u2018, i.e. the trace gases that nature relies on for photosynthesis.\u2013 \u2013 \u2013National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has launched their first \u2018Call for Innovation\u2019 to businesses across the UK […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-NRM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":233050,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233050","url_meta":{"origin":191690,"position":0},"title":"Belfast councillors to undergo \u2018carbon literacy training\u2019\u00a0","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/12\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Sounds like a bizarre make-work scheme dreamt up by climate obsessives. 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