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Director of Clean Power 2030 Appointed! We are thrilled to announce that Corinna Jones our Head of Innovation has been appointed as Director of Clean Power 2030. As a staunch advocate of net zero and a true technologist, we believe that she will bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and diplomacy to this important and essential role. Corinna said 'This is the biggest challenge of my career and look forward to being a part of this ambitious endeavour'. Over the coming months, as the Clean Power agenda evolves within the country and National Gas, Corinna will be sharing her insights on LinkedIn. Make sure you follow us to get the latest on this exciting development! #cleanpower2030 #innovation

🚀 World Hydrogen Congress in Copenhagen 🚀 This week FutureGrid Programme Manager, Tom Neal and his team have attended the World Hydrogen Congress as part of World Hydrogen Week! As part of this exciting week he reported a buzz amongst the hydrogen industry about how hydrogen use could become a reality.🌱 Tom was there as a guest speaker to share our plans for transitioning Great Britain’s NTS, which received considerable interest and excitement, with many commenting about how far this had advanced over recent years. Listening to other speakers, Tom has given feedback to the team that other countries are moving quickly on this agenda and was a great opportunity to learn from each other.🤝 The overarching Consensus is that Hydrogen was a reality and that developing the evidence base for operating with hydrogen was key to its implementation. He also hosted the Hydrogen academic insights session in the Innvoation Zone, hearing from Sara Walker about "Hydrogen and whole energy systems thinking" and Iva Ridjan Skov about "NordicH2ubs - H2 in energy system models”.🎤 Later, he took part in the “Repurposing and Retrofitting of Gas Networks for H2 and CO2 transport" panel moderated by Raphael Schoentgen and joined by Sara Piskor. This session was jam packed with questions that they just about covered in the time given – this was a great response from the audience and shows how much interest there is in the topic.✅ 🔗For more updates follow Tom and National Gas Transmission on LinkedIn.🔗 #worldhydrogenweek #conference #speaker #innovation

📡FutureGrid Compression and Deblending Webinars!📡   We’re due to publish the 2024 progress reports for our FutureGrid Phase 2 Compression and Deblending projects and we’re holding two webinars to share more information!🎧   Join us to hear more about the challenges we are addressing and the progress we’ve made so far this year!🚀   The Compression project is testing the performance of gas compressors with hydrogen, to develop an asset fleet that's fit for a net zero future.🌱 The project aims to demonstrate that the existing fleet can be modified cost effectively, to work with hydrogen.👨🔬   The Deblending project is helping the UK prepare for the transition to cleaner, greener energy, by demonstrating how hydrogen can be transported through the National Transmission System for use in vehicle refuelling. The project covers multiple use cases and will showcase the full deblending process, from separating blended transmission gases using electrochemical processes, through to refuelling hydrogen vehicles. 🚚    ✅Compression Webinar - Tuesday 22 October 1:30pm.   Sign up here to register your interest: https://lnkd.in/eFTBb3M8    ✅Deblending Webinar - Thursday 24 October 9am.   Sign up here to register your interest: https://lnkd.in/eGMmgW2D    Spaces for both webinars will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so register now to be sure you don’t miss out!   #futuregrid #innovation #engineering #webinar

🍜 Top Notch Hydrogen Cooked Lunch! 🍽   Last week, Innovation Strategy Manager, Dave Hardman attended the Hydrogen Networking Event and the launch of 'Hydrogen Solutions by National Gas Metering' which was held at Tyseley Energy Park.💚 The event was a fantastic opportunity to get together with hydrogen industry leads to discuss the potential of decarbonising a commercial setting. Much of the work has been completed on the hydrogen future for domestic and heavy industry, but to date there has been little focus on decarbonising a commercial technology park.🌱 He was lucky enough to be served, in his words, 'a fabulous lunch' which had all been prepared on the hydrogen powered commercial kitchen appliances onsite from Falcon Foodservice Equipment, as well as being given an interesting site tour.🥗 Dave said 'there is fantastic scope at Tyseley for a decarbonised demonstration of a commercial technology park with the hydrogen produced on site being used for heating, commercial appliances and in business processes nearby'. Follow us for more delicious updates!😋 #HydrogenSolutions #FoodserviceEquipment #NGM

✈ Conference Reflections from Senior FutureGrid Engineer ✈ Dr. Lisa Witty, a Senior Engineer on the FutureGrid Deblending Hydrogen for Transportation project, has recently returned from two events: European Transport Conference in Antwerp and, closer to home, Cenex Expo 2024 at the Milbrook Proving Ground. As always, conference findings are shared within the team and we thought it was a good opportunity to showcase the types of stakeholder activity we undertake as a team and as a business.🤝 Lisa presented at the main plenary of Cenex, sharing her thoughts on the future of the gas grid, as hydrogen becomes part of the future energy landscape. This led to interesting discussions about the energy transition and how the future of hydrogen transportation may develop with assistance from National Gas for refuelling and hydrogen supply.⛽   Lisa, a hydrogen expert said how great it was to see a variety of hydrogen transportation options, with vehicles from Wrightbus, Toyota Motor Corporation and Vauxhall Motors Ltd as well as opportunities to discuss refuelling, challenges and the future with a wide range of the hydrogen transportation supply chain members.   The ETC 2024 event had a greater focus on technical papers, with an academic and consultant viewpoint of transportation strategies for Europe. She saw that decarbonisation was seen as a real challenge across many of the different transport methodologies, with hydrogen not yet seen as part of the solution. Despite the omission of hydrogen from the proceedings, there were excellent opportunities to network with a wide range of technical abilities and interests including economics, decarbonisation, social-politic and engineering backgrounds bringing hydrogen to the forefront of the discussions. She shared with the team that the two events were opposite in approach and opinion to each other with one being led by academia and one being led by suppliers, and this has generated wider discussions at National Gas about how we engage different types of stakeholders in the future. Follow us for more updates on our journey to decarbonise the NTS!🌱 #hydrogen #conference #decarbonisation #cleanpower #innovation

👨🔬Funding Secured to Explore Quantum Technology!👩🔬 We are pleased to announce that a £160 million bid submitted in collaboration with UK Quantum Technology Research Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing has been approved by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).👏 From December 2024, we, as industrial partner of the bid, aim to investigate, amongst other things, using quantum sensors to identify fugitive gas emissions and monitoring underground infrastructure. One of the key aspects that our Innovation team is interested in is using the cutting edge technology to potentially detect hydrogen which has historically been quite hard to do. Read more about the Quantum Hubs programme at the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/emGszEhY 🔗Follow us on LinkedIn to see how this and other projects evolve!🔗

🚀 Join us at Energy Innovation Summit 29-30 Oct 2024! 🚀 We’re proud to announce that we will be speaking and exhibiting at the ENA’s Energy Innovation Summit 2024 at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool. 🎉 This year we have speaking slots from: 🤝Tom Neal (FutureGrid Programme Manager)- FutureGrid Phase 1 Results and look ahead to Phase 2 🤝Dave Hardman (Innovation Strategy Manager) – Collaborative Visual Digital Twin (CVDT) 🤝James Abrahams (Head of CCUS) - Carbon Roadmap and SCOT2 projects They will also be joined by a selection of our Innovation and Project Union team who will be attending our conference stand that is made from recycled conference stands. If you’re planning to attend the Summit, make sure you catch our speakers and visit our stand to hear first hand the steps on our journey to net zero!🌱 #innovation #conference #energyinnovationsummit

We're sure everyone can agree that this August presented rather mixed weather! ☀ ☔ This has led to the UK having had its coolest summer since 2015. That being said, August saw a 7% month-on-month decrease in gas being used across the UK 📈 Other key insights from August's Gas Explained series: 🍃 Power station share of demand dropped slightly as a particularly windy month meant gas was the second most used source to generate electricity. ✔ Gas storage stocks in Britain remained over 80% full at the end of August. #GasExplained #EnergyInsights #UKGasSupply

🌟 Welcome to Our New Graduate Intake! 🌟 We are pleased to welcome our newest team members! 🎉 👨🎓 In recent years, graduates have become a staple in the Innovation Team, helping us with fresh perspectives and enthusiasm and we're sure these talented individuals will be no different. We're confident that they will add vibrancy and enthusiasm to our projects as we push the boundaries of creativity and problem-solving to achieve net zero.🌱 Please join us in welcoming: 🤝Amaan Nasim - 'As an Engineer, I wish to leverage all the opportunities presented to me, and help National Gas in its decarbonisation initiatives so as to achieve Net Zero and a greener environment!' 🤝Laura Bessant- 'I am so excited to start my career at National Gas and I look forward to aiding the progression towards a clean energy future!' 🤝Usama Vania 'I'm thrilled to start my career in the Hydrogen Innovation team at National Gas where I will be helping to push towards Net Zero and decarbonise the gas network' Let’s support and encourage them as they embark on this exciting journey with us! 🚀 Follow us for more updates!💚 #InnovationTeam #GraduateIntake #FutureLeaders #InnovationInAction

📢Latest Episode of FutureGrid Chat Podcast Now Available!📢 We're pleased to announce the release of the latest FutureGrid Chat Podcast, where our innovation experts come together to discuss all things FutureGrid.🎧 Host Tom Neal, FutureGrid Programme Manager, leads an insightful conversation around the Phase 1 Closure report for FutureGrid and its crucial role in shaping the Hydrogen Safety Case. He’s joined by Corinna Jones, Director of Clean Power 2030, Katie Petherbridge, Innovation Development Manager, and Shaun Bosomworth, FutureGrid Compression Manager each offering valuable perspectives on the potential of hydrogen as part of the energy transition.🤝   Listen below to hear the progress, challenges, and opportunities as we move towards a cleaner, safer, and more secure energy system.🌱 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e4GifVF8 🔗 #HydrogenFuture #Sustainability #FutureGrid #EnergyTransition #Podcast