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UK Power Capabilities for a low carbon future 2019

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Withdrawn With an annual turnover of $50 billion, the UK’s power sector employs 230,000 people and has exports2019 of more than $6 billion per year to over 100 countries. May The UK’s power sector plays a leading role in the global development of generative capacity, and is at the heart of the 16 massive international ‘push for power’. World electricity generation capacity is forecast to reach almost 34,000TWh by 2030, requiring an investment into new generative capacity of around 5,000GW. This will require thousands of new-build renewable, nuclear and thermal installations. Once operational, the new power stations will need ongoing maintenance and repair, asset management and upgrading. Transmission and distributions networks must be constructed to supply the consumers of this new generative capacity. Withdrawn The skills, experience and expertise of the UK-based power sector and its supply chain are geared to meeting this demand. 2019

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Introduction 04-05 Renewables 06-09 Nuclear 10-13 Thermal 201914-17 Transmission and distribution 18-21 Asset management 22-25 Advisory services May 26-29 Education, training and research 30-33 UK Trade & Investment 16 34-35 Contacts 36

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Introduction

The UK power sector and its supply chain are perfectly positioned to support global investment in new generative capacity, new sources of energy and2019 the transmission and distribution networks to link these new power sources with consumers. May UK power companies already play a In parallel with the creation of new power Transmission and distribution networks major role in the global development and plants, there is an ongoing need for must be created, maintained and management of power and generative maintenance, repair and outage (MRO), upgraded to ensure energy consumers’ capacity. The UK’s power sector has an plus upgrade and decommissioning16 uninterrupted energy needs are met. annual turnover of $50 billion, of which of existing generative capacity. UK The emergence of potentially intermittent $6 billion a year is in exported goods and firms, and the extended power sector renewable energy sources, such as services to over 100 countries. supply chain, have pioneered new wind, solar, wave and tidal, as major methodologies that enable major works contributors to power grids has led to the Global generative capacity is forecast to on power plants to take place safely and creation of smart network and demand grow to 34,000TWh by 2030. To achieve without interrupting supply. Also, the management technologies to ensure this target, utilities and governments UK supply chain includes many original reliability of supply. must invest in creating new generative equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of capacity of more than 5,000GW over the Many UK companies have significant leading power equipment. next two decades. This huge increase in experience of asset managing, maintaining, capacity will require thousands of new- Pioneering carbon capture and storage upgrading and decommissioning power build renewable, nuclear and thermal technologies, including the development plants of various ages and designs, and installations. The UK is perfectly placed of novel cleaner fuels, are being developed this expertise is already wid ely exported. to meet this demand: its firms have built by UK researchers in academia, utilities As the birthplace of civil nuclear power, thermal power stations for over a century; and private firms. These technologies are and with many plants undergoing nuclear power plants for more than being created and tested to tackle the planned closure, the UK’s nuclear 50 years; andWithdrawn its renewable power challenges of scrubbing carbon dioxide decommissioning expertise is generation sector is world leading. from thermal power plant and other large exceptional. point source emissions, and evaluating the health and safety options of long-term underground storage. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 05

The Crown Estate, which administers the UK seabed, has awarded ten contracts to companies2019 to develop up to 1.2GW of wave and tidal power in Scotland. May Research, education and training are a UK Capability vital component of the UK power sector. UK energy companies are forecast to There are over a dozen internationally generate revenues of $300 billion by renowned UK universities with major 2030, employing one16 million workers. Many of the world’s research programmes into power and energy. The Energy Technology Institute The UK can offer world-class solutions largest energy (ETI) provides a vital link between across the entire power supply chain. companies participate research and business, and is forecast to UK capabilities cover renewable, invest $2 billion into energy and power nuclear and thermal power generation, in the UK-based Energy research over the ten years to 2017. transmission and distribution. The UK Technology Institute, is ideally positioned to help utilities Many global utility and engineering and governments meet the forecast which is forecast to groups have chosen to base their research 50 per cent increase in global energy and development facilities in the UK, allocate $2 billion demand by 2030. where they can access a huge pool of into research over the expertise and talent. The training and cleaner | greener | future-focused education sector features some of the ten years to 2017”. world’s most advanced training facilities, such as state-of-the-art simulators for training networkWithdrawn operators. 06 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Renewable energy

The British Isles have wind, wave and tidal stream natural resources in abundance. This has led to the UK becoming a global centre for the development of world-leading renewable power generation capabilities. 2019

The UK is the windiest place in Europe The UK’s offshore engineering and Harnessing the power of and around its coastline has the world’s transmission expertise is internationally abundant natural resources best tidal and wave resources for the recognised as leading the world. Much generation of renewable energy. This offshore and subsea engineering, Onshore and offshore wind abundance of natural resources has transmission and distribution expertiseMay power coupled with wave and resulted in the UK becoming a global is based on the development of the UK’s tidal stream energy centre of excellence in the development world-class oil and gas industry. Now, the UK companies are world leaders and application of renewable power offshore, marine and subsea engineering in the implementation of existing generation technologies. By 2050, expertise of UK-based16 companies is wind and marine power generation investment into the existing and increasingly being applied to offshore technologies. They are also at the emerging renewable capabilities of wind and wave power generation. In forefront of research, development the supply chain of just six low-carbon 2008, the UK became the world’s biggest and exploitation of technology technologies is expected to create offshore wind power generator and in innovation in these sectors. The UK’s 175,000 jobs and generate $40 billion 2010 reached the milestone capacity of first onshore wind farm was built in a year. This will cover cutting-edge 1GW, the first wind energy market in the 1991, marking the beginning of a new research across sectors such as wind, world to do so. era of renewable power generation and marine, landfill gas and biomass, technological development. fuel cells, geothermal energy and hydroelectric power.

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The UK is forecast to capture just under a quarter of the global marine energy market, generating up to 68,000 jobs and $121 billion by 2050 – Carbon Trust Analysis UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 07

The UK is the windiest place in Europe, with the largest single market and installed capacity of offshore wind energy, currently at 1.34GW. It also has the world’s best tidal and wave resources for the generation of renewable energy, and marine energy is forecast to power 15 million UK 2019homes by 2050”.

Less than a decade later, the UK’s first offshore wind farm was commissioned Pipeline upgrade releases additional power in 2000. The UK’s offshore wind sector Hydropower upgrade delivers 40 per cent more power from has since become a world leader available resources in offshore wind power generation May technology. Moreover, UK-based projects now account for around a UK engineering company Mott When the new power house begins quarter of all wave projects and tidal MacDonald is leading design production in 2016 its contribution energy developments worldwide. of a US$700 million16 project to will grow to 28 per cent. Tarbela harness energy from water before Dam lies on the River Indus 50km One reason for the UK’s pre-eminence in it is released for irrigation. Careful from Lahore. It was completed in the renewables sector is the transfer of attention to the length, size and 1974 to hold back peak spring and knowledge and technology from the UK’s geometry of pipelines connecting to summertime water flow. It is released North Sea oil and gas industry. Having a new hydropower station at Tarbela at a constant rate throughout the developed innovative technology to Dam in Pakistan is enabling year via five tunnelled pipelines. extract oil and gas from the challenging 40 per cent more electricity to be With a hydraulic head of 130 million, environment of the North Sea, UK-based generated than originally envisaged. engineering contractors are now adapting there is huge energy potential in these technologies and innovating further. In 1992, a feasibility study the release of irrigation water and This is leading to the development concluded that 960MW could be generating capacity is already of near-shore, intermediate and generated. Mott MacDonald has installed on three of the tunnels. found ways to improve efficiency, far-offshore wind infrastructure, Mott MacDonald is bringing the which means 1.32GW of additional other marine renewables and the fourth tunnel into play, diverting generating capacity can be transmission and distribution water from the existing outlet to installed. The new plant will increase networks connecting consumers a new powerhouse. This has been maximum power output from Tarbela with energyWithdrawn sources. optimally sited to minimise energy Dam by 40 per cent – from 3.48GW losses within the pipeline, delivering to 4.8GW. Tarbela currently supplies maximum power output. 20 per cent of Pakistan’s electricity. 08 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

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Generating a stream of world- hydro-mechanical equipment. UK firms fuel cells (SOFC) and proton exchange class renewable technologies are currently operating16 in Africa membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), extending and Asia on developing new-build from materials and components through UK capabilities in hydro, photovoltaics, hydropower projects. to full systems. In the power generation fuel cells, geothermal and biomass sector, these systems can provide power The UK’s solar power market is worth The UK hydro industry is at the for a variety of applications. $1.6 billion a year and UK firms and forefront of the hydropower industry universities number among the The geothermal energy and ground globally and can provide high quality world’s leading centres of research source heat pump supply chains are well products and services covering all into photovoltaics (PV). Key research developed in the UK. Capabilities range aspects, types and sizes of hydropower capabilities include organic photovoltaic from the drilling engineering expertise schemes. The industry offers (OPV) technology and dye sensitised to tap deep geothermal sources to the consultancy expertise for every stage solar cells research to create extremely manufacture and installation of domestic of any project, and UK consultancies low cost PV solar panels. The UK is also heat pumps. Energy from waste is a core have developed the expertise to home to leading firms delivering the element of the UK Biomass Strategy undertake the comprehensive production, installation and integration which in turn is driving the development environmental and social studies of PV products. of capabilities that will nearly treble the required during the planning of amount of municipal waste turned into hydropower projects. This expertise There is also growing UK capability Withdrawn energy. Combined heat and power (CHP) augments the UK’s engineering and in fuel cells, where a number of world is the favoured solution and UK-based technical competencies, which are class companies produce materials, firms offer CHP engineering, design and in turn supported by manufacturing components and complete systems. The manufacturing solutions at every stage of companies that provide exceptional UK’s particular strengths lie in solid oxide the supply chain. hydro turbines and other UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 09

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Wave energy solution at large-scale prototype stage Floating, deep water wave energy converters

Offshore Wave Energy Ltd (OWEL) The first 42 million demonstrator under The theory behind the design has has developed a wave energy construction will be rated at 500kw and been tested by numerical modelling, converter that can operate in deep will be tested at the Wave Hub facility in the laboratory and at small scale at water. The UK-based business leads off the South West coast of the UK. A the UK’s National Renewable Energy a consortium,Withdrawn which has been second wave energy converter rated at Centre (NAREC). awarded a $4 million grant from the 1MW will be deployed in the open sea The consortium partners include UK’s Technology Strategy Board to and be used to test the technology’s the technical consultants IT Power, develop a large-scale working model commercial viability. OWEL’s wave the National Physical Laboratory, to test the commercial feasibility of energy converter uses patented the University of Plymouth, plus the technology in the open sea. technology that traps and compresses consulting engineers Gifford and the air between wave peaks. The A&P Falmouth. Det Norske Veritas compressed air is fed to a turbine, will provide design certification. which in turns drives a generator to produce electricity. 10 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Nuclear energy

The world’s first commercially operated nuclear power station went live in the UK over 50 years ago. Since then, UK firms have safely built, operated, maintained, upgraded and decommissioned civil nuclear 2019power facilities in the UK and throughout the world.

The UK is the birthplace of civil nuclear power, and is at the forefront of a nuclear renaissance that could see up to 16GW of May new generative capacity built in the UK before 2025. Because the UK is one of the few energy markets that has licensed several different reactor technologies, UK companies can 16 deliver comprehensive solutions across most major nuclear power technology platforms throughout the fuel cycle. This includes every aspect of new build – from design and engineering, project management and safety, through civil, mechanical and electronic engineering, to final commissioning. With the UK being such an early adopter of nuclear power, UK firms have great experience operating and maintaining nuclear facilities, often over several decades. As the older stations in the UK In addition to its technical and insurance providers, while the UK’s have aged, so UK industry has developed consultancy skills, the UK has a strong financial sector offers unrivalled access in-depth capabilitiesWithdrawn to upgrade nuclear supply chain. UK-based firms to the world’s financial markets and and safely extend their operational manufacture and supply a wide range energy investors. life. And UK companies are at the of sophisticated products and systems, Ensuring the highest standards of safety forefront of creating and implementing including the balance of plant, safety is the UK’s regulatory framework, which decommissioning strategies. These products and monitoring and control is one of the toughest in the world are being safely and successfully systems. Expert and nuclear-focused and internationally recognised as a applied to the shutdown of numerous service providers include software global benchmark. nuclear facilities. developers, legal, accountancy and UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 11

New build, operation, supply, and UK companies have become management. UK companies also maintenance and upgrades expert at such MRO and upgrade offer leading capabilities in post- projects. UK upgrading and retrofitting decommissioning waste storage, Latest generation nuclear technologies expertise spans both the nuclear island including deep geological storage, and for new and existing plants and the balance of plant, offering environmental restoration. UK companies can offer new-build leading edge, high-efficiency turbine capabilities from turn-key engineering, and boiler solutions. procurement and construction (EPC) 2019 projects to providing a range of Waste management, specialist sub-contracting services. Nuclear industry The expertise available spans all the decommissioning and disposal disciplines required to build new UK capabilities in managing the nuclear increase nuclear power plants – from design, power fuel cycle civil engineering, mechanical and The maturity of the UK’s nuclear Maypower electrical engineering to safety and stations has led to the creation and control systems, testing, health physics growth of a service sector and supply and nuclear plant commissioning. The chain expert at safely managing one UK hosts numerous original equipment of the most sensitive aspects of the manufacturers (OEMs), and the nuclear cycle – waste16 management, extensive supply chain has developed a decommissioning and disposal. UK world-leading high-tech manufacturing companies are already engaged capability that supplies new-build with decommissioning the UK’s first nuclear programmes globally. generation Magnox power stations; Operation and maintenance of the UK Nuclear Decommissioning nuclear power plants has been taking Authority’s 2009-10 budget for such place in the UK for over fifty years, work was over $4.54 billion. UK firms resulting in a highly developed actively apply their unrivalled expertise maintenance, repair and outage (MRO) throughout Western and Eastern infrastructure. UK-based firms can Europe, and further afield in countries offer embedded maintenance teams including the USA and Russia. and expert in-service inspection UK decommissioning capabilities (ISI), non-destructive testing (NDT) include front-end planning and and monitoring services, including engineering consultancy, radiation essential safetyWithdrawn and health physics mapping, plus nuclear waste for plant operators. characterisation and measurement To maximise the lifetime value of services. UK contractors can offer plant nuclear assets and improve operational decommissioning, decontamination By 2030, the global nuclear industry is efficiency and safety, nuclear power and dismantling services. The forecast to increase its capacity by 10%, representing over $300 billion of investment plants undergo ongoing upgrades supply chain includes nuclear over the next two decades. and improvements using the latest materials transportation expertise, technologies. Often upgrades must waste containment and radiological be implemented without interrupting protection products and safety 12 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

The UK nuclear supply chain offers over 50 years of civil nuclear experience and 80,000 expert and highly skilled workers, generating exports worth $1.14 billion”.

Forging new global supply relationships Exporting bespoke large-scale castings and forgings

Sheffield Forgemasters International The 16 tonne reactor coolant pump 2019 Ltd (SFIL) is a world leader in the castings are manufactured at the provision of high quality, heavy company’s UK foundry using modern forged and cast steel products. casting simulation and ‘methoding’ It produces some of the largest techniques to create high integrity bespoke engineered products in the finished structures. Since the pump world, with a capacity for castings of casings are structurally integral up to 350 tonnes and forgings of up to the reactor and safety critical, May to 175 tonnes. the project is highly specific and requires technically demanding In partnership with Curtiss- manufacturing methods. For example, Wright EMD, SFIL developed a detailed metallurgical specifications manufacturing process for cast 16 must be met to achieve optimum stainless steel pump casings for the material strength characteristics. Westinghouse AP1000TM reactor. On the back of this success it was In addition to the four Chinese subsequently commissioned, by AP1000s, Westinghouse has also Curtis-Wright Flow Control Company signed three contracts to build six on behalf of Westinghouse, to AP1000 nuclear power plants in produce 18 pump casings for the the USA, with a number of possible new Chinese AP1000 plants at further orders in prospect. SFIL Sanmen and Haiyang. has already been commissioned to produce 16 of the casings for the first US plants. Withdrawn UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 13

Extending the life of existing nuclear power stations Effective asset management of nuclear facilities

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is involved in the early stages of planning a multibillion dollar project to refurbish and extend the life of 2019its existing Darlington nuclear power station. This will involve the management of several types of projects over a period of over ten years. UK-based Atkins was commissioned Mayto provide project planning and control services through the project development phase over an initial three-year duration. This includes a review of the project scope, 16 processes, budget and schedule, plus a number of independent risk assessments. The study to date has included review of the programme management organisation, development of a flexible contracting strategy, and an estimate to support the current request for further funding. Also achieved has been a review of the relevant project governance processes and interviews with key members of the project. The review was carried out in stages and Withdrawn identified several areas in which further development was required to maximise the project’s success. 14 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Thermal generation

UK firms are active at every stage of the thermal power generation supply chain. The UK’s thermal power expertise spans over one and a quarter centuries, with the first public steam-driven power station coming2019 on line in London in 1882. May Since then, the UK has continued to host UK original equipment manufacturers many of the world’s leading original and engineering firms offer products and equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of services throughout the entire thermal boilers, steam turbines, gas turbines, power supply chain. 16Engineering, generators and associated equipment procurement and construction (EPC) and services. companies can provide complete power station projects, with manufacturing The UK is the birthplace of the thermal companies making boilers, turbines, power generation sector. And UK firms diesel engines and a huge range of continue to be at the forefront of associated equipment. developing thermal power generation technologies. They also have unrivalled Supporting the sector are UK service expertise in operation, upgrading and asset companies that provide asset management. In recent years, UK-based management and improvement, companies have developed innovative emission control systems, noise carbon abatement technologies, control and effluent treatment, all incorporating carbon capture and storage designed to meet the most demanding (CCS) solutions and cleaner burning fuels regulatory regimes. into new and existing generative capacity and other major point sources of carbon dioxide emissions.Withdrawn

Global investment in thermal power generating capacity between now and 2030 is expected to be around US$3 trillion UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 15

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Testing carbon capture and storage solutions Proving innovative post combustion carbon capture (PCCC) solutions

UK-headquartered Doosan Power The process takes the flue gases from under development. It can also Systems is partnering with SSE and the power plant and passes them be taken to permanent storage in Vattenfall of Sweden to undertake through a scrubbing process in which depleted oil and gas wells or deep a two-year post-combustion carbon the CO2 is absorbed into a solvent and saline aquifers. capture testWithdrawn project at the SSE 2000MWe removed from the flue gas stream. This During the two-year testing phase, coal-fired power plant at Ferrybridge CO rich solvent is then pumped into a 2 the demonstration plant will typically in the UK. The US$33.6 million regeneration column where it is heated operate in line with the power station. project focuses on the construction and the solvent releases the absorbed Extended operational testing will and demonstration of Europe’s largest CO . The released CO2 is then ready 2 provide valuable insights into the post-combustion CO capture plant – for drying and compression before 2 validation of long-term phenomena. a 15MWth slipstream equivalent to transportation. The compressed CO2 In addition to the industrial research 100 tonnes per day of CO captured. can then be reutilized for Enhanced 2 and development focus, university Oil Recovery (EOR) or other process researchers will also participate in the options some of which are currently project to gain operational experience. 16 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

UK thermal power supply chain companies have developed supercritical steam turbine and boiler technologies that cut CO2 emissions by up to 30%”. 2019

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Innovation and expertise in combustion carbon capture16 and storage UK companies have both the expertise thermal power generation technologies. Several key pre- and and the infrastructure to offer complete post carbon capture solutions are maintenance, repair and outage From EPC to OEM: the UK’s thermal being trialled at both custom-built test (MRO) programmes to maximise power capabilities are broad and deep facilities and fully operational on-stream the safe extension of service life The UK is home to companies that can power stations. These include the and improvements in efficiency. UK offer complete new build engineering, development of cleaner burners using firms also have specific expertise in procurement and construction (EPC) clean combustion fuels. Carbon storage retrofitting for carbon abatement and turn-key solutions. UK original solutions are being developed that are efficiency improvements, and offer equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are using the UK’s depleted North Sea oil innovative carbon capture solutions. at the leading edge of power equipment and gas fields as a proving ground. The UK sector has assisted utility and design and innovation, providing power Processing technologies are under energy companies to adapt to new generation equipment that is exported development to turn the carbon dioxide ways of working, enabling more flexible worldwide. UK-based companies offer waste stream into raw materials for other operation with less downtime and lower design, project management and industrial processes, such as producing emissions. The supply chain features manufacturing solutions for oil, gas, decarbonised hydrogen. companies with advanced monitoring coal and biomass thermal power plants. Withdrawn and metering technology that is A feature of UK expertise is its packaged Exploiting and enhancing used for preventative maintenance power generation capabilities, including power generation assets programmes and to achieve valuable cogeneration combining heat and efficiency gains during operation. power, and tri-generation, or ‘trigen’, Upgrading and extending the life featuring power, heating and cooling. of existing thermal power plants Trigen technologies are increasingly With over a century and a quarter of adopted in standby and emergency thermal power generation history, the power generation environments. UK has a highly developed supply chain UK-based consortia of utility and that is expert at upgrading, re-engineering, supply chain organisations are servicing and maintaining power developing leading pre- and post- generation facilities. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 17

Thermal power using novel fuels Thermal power generation using biofuels: bagasse in Mauritius

UK engineering firm Atkins was An innovative feature of this power The services provided by Atkins in tasked by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking station is the fuel that is used support of the plant development Corporation with developing during the sugar cane harvesting included a wide range of financial an innovative new thermal power season: bagasse. This is the fibrous advisory and technical services, plant in Mauritius. The power station, by-product arising from the pressing drawing upon the extensive skills developed by Compagnie Thermique of sugar cane to release sugar juice. base held by the company’s thermal de Belle Vue, has a nominal electrical When bagasse is not available, generation group. capacity of 70MW and supplies process imported coal is the primary fuel. 2019 steam to the adjacent sugar mill during Consequently, as bagasse is the the sugar processing season. only indigenous fuel on the island, there is every incentive to optimise its use, both on economic and environmental grounds. May

Cleaner burning of traditional fuels Creating a consortium developing clean combustion16 technologies Oxyfuel technologies are being To implement the project, Doosan Using its proprietary full-scale developed in the UK as part of the Power Systems has created a unique 40MW OxyCoal burner technology, rapidly evolving area of carbon industry and research consortium Doosan Power Systems has capture and storage (CCS). The that includes prime sponsor SSE, successfully shown that safe and Oxyfuel process burns coal with sponsors EDF Energy, E.ON, Drax stable operation is achieved across a nearly pure oxygen, resulting in an Power, Vattenfall, Dong Energy, wide operational envelope. Now fully exhaust gas that is mostly water Scottish Power, Air Products and tested, this technology is available vapour and carbon dioxide (CO2). UK Coal. Academic partners include for new build and retrofitting into Because of the high purity of the Imperial College London and the large scale power plant. waste CO2, it can be easily liquefied University of Nottingham. The and transported. UK Government partner is the Department of Energy and Climate In July 2009, UK-headquartered Change (DECC). The consortium’s Doosan Power Systems opened its objective was to test oxyfuel Clean Combustion Test Facility (CCTF), technology and demonstrate that currentlyWithdrawn the largest of its type in it can be used in large-scale utility the world, to demonstrate its oxyfuel power plants. combustion system. 18 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Transmission and distribution

UK companies have created a transmission, distribution and storage network to service one of the most liberalised, demanding and sophisticated energy markets in the world. This expertise is exported2019 to over 100 countries worldwide.

The UK transmission and distribution and reduce costs and carbon emissions. sector undertakes significant and Regulatory and technical expertise ongoing research and application developed during the privatisation Mayof development into transmission the UK’s energy markets have been and distribution networks. UK firms applied and are used internationally have created multiple technology as a template for utility sector change. innovations that have transformed Safety is a key feature16 of the UK’s distribution infrastructure. Sensor transmission and distribution network technologies and smart metering can expertise. In gas distribution, sensor track distribution network performance and fire suppression system technology in real time. UK universities and and distribution networks developed by companies are conducting world-leading UK companies are exported worldwide. research into smart grids and smart Smart grid and active network energy networks that can optimise and management technologies for electrical integrate power demand and supply power distribution are being pioneered management from multiple, and at UK universities. UK firms manufacture potentially intermittent, generation and export core high-voltage direct sources, maximising efficiency and current (HVDC), power electronics and reducing carbon emissions. Innovative switchgear technologies globally. safety technology improves leak detection in homes and businesses, In response to tough environmental reducing risk and improving efficiency. regulatory regimes, UK firms have invested in developing advanced UK companies have pioneered smart Withdrawntransmission and distribution solutions. metering of energy supply and will This includes pipeline materials and be responsible for its roll-out to The UK’s leading transmission infrastructure for gas pipelines and and distribution capabilities are 26 million UK energy customers by electricity transmission cables that exported to over 100 countries. 2020, replacing an estimated 53 million minimise embodied energy and energy gas and electricity meters. Latest use in operation. generation smart meters optimise consumer power consumption, maximise power utilisation efficiency, UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 19

UK companies have pioneered smart metering of energy supply and will be responsible for its roll-out to 26 million UK energy customers by 2020, replacing an estimated 53 million gas and electricity meters”. 2019 Creating consortia that maintain national power networks Underpinning the National Grid Central Electricity Alliance

UK-based Atkins supplies engineers and represents a significant part of The Alliance is now responsible to the UK’s National Grid Alliance National Grid’s planned investment to for the delivery of National contract across a range of disciplines. maintain safe and secure suppliesMay of Grid’s capital expenditure for National Grid owns and maintains the energy to the UK. all substation work and new high-voltage electricity transmission connections to the system within These collaborative contracts will system (275kV & 400kV) in England that area. Individual projects typically support planned work to connect and Wales, together with operating being in the range of £5 million new infrastructure, such as wind the system across Great Britain, 16 to £50 million. The Alliance works farms and other new generation balancing supply with demand on a as ‘one team’ delivering the plant, and replacement of existing minute by minute basis. projects from feasibility through assets to ensure the continued to commissioning, with a strong National Grid established a new safe and reliable operation of the emphasis on the highest standards procurement initiative for delivery high voltage electricity network. In of Safety, Health, Environment, of their capital plan for the next response to this initiative, Atkins Security and Quality (SHESQ). regulatory period 2007-12. This established consortia with an initiative is based on Alliance equipment supplier and construction contracts with consortia partners company which was successful in worth up to £1 billion over five years, securing an Alliance partnership to upgrade and develop the electricity with National Grid for delivery of transmission network across England the capital plan through the Central and Wales. This is the largest ever region of England and Wales. Alliance contract for National Grid Withdrawn 20 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Security of supply, safety, environments. UK subsea transmission and increase energy supply security. reliability and performance and distribution expertise is world- And new methods developed in the UK leading, having been developed in the of working in strategic alliance networks Unrivalled expertise developing power harsh conditions of the North Sea for have revolutionised how the supply transmission and distribution networks the oil and gas sector, and is now being chain services and responds to the The UK’s energy transmission and applied to the transmission networks of energy sector’s needs. distribution capabilities offer premium off-shore wind farms. equipment and components alongside UK companies have also pioneered Component and equipment expert engineering, procurement, partnership, alliances and client construction and management services. solutions management and service practices that Product design and manufacturing UK firms have developed transmission are being adopted worldwide. UK-based expertise supporting 21st capabilities to build overhead, contractors have established the practice Century networks underground and subsea power of embedding dedicated engineering 2019 distribution networks in all teams at client locations to reduce risk The UK hosts original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of a huge variety of transmission and distribution products and equipment. High-value manufacturers create complex, heavy Mayduty electrical equipment, including switchgear, transformers, relays and circuit breakers, which are exported to energy equipment markets globally. UK-based world-leading research 16 has developed innovative long- distance electrical power transmission technologies that incorporate low-cost capital equipment with high levels of transmission efficiency. The UK supply chain also supports the maintenance, operation and upgrading of existing transmission and distribution networks, with UK companies specialising in providing ongoing maintenance, repair and outage (MRO) contracts. A major feature of the UK transmission and distribution supply chain is the huge range of high-value, high-tech products and services available. Withdrawn Specialist goods and services include monitoring equipment, smart meters, sensors and safety equipment. UK-developed software solutions are used in power control and management centres worldwide, and UK expertise in regulatory compliance is internationally recognised and adopted. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 21

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Improving network reliability with latest generation power distribution Automation solutions to improve network efficiency and reliability

UK-based Lucy Switchgear has over schemes have been completed or are Each project encompassed the the past six years been implementing in progress. Future programmes will design, equipment manufacture and automated medium voltage include the automation of 54 sites delivery of the equipment to Ghana electrification network solutions for across Ghana’s second city, Kumasi. from the UK where Lucy Switchgear the Electricity Company of Ghana project teams managed the turnkey The distances involved and the (ECG). These automation programmes solutions locally to ensure that the sometimes difficult terrain has made are bringing multiple benefits to the programmes’ objectives were met the repair and restoration times long, national utilityWithdrawn company, by helping: Representatives from ECG attend an resulting in inconvenience for the reduce electricity revenue losses; intensive training programme in the customers and lost revenue for ECG. improve overall efficiency; minimise UK to gain a thorough understanding But this automated electrification customer outages and reduce of the systems employed in these scheme has paid for itself very operational and maintenance costs. projects, enabling them to efficiently quickly. In addition, the importance run and maintain the schemes once The first phase of automating radial of reliable electricity supplies for commissioned. feeders across the rural areas and industrial customers is essential to upgrading the underground network maintain the country’s economic in the capital, Accra, was finished in performance and foster future growth. 2005. Since then a further sixteen 22 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Asset management

Management expertise from UK-based companies is respected and sought out worldwide to enable organisations to maximise the return from managed power assets. 2019

As power infrastructure ages, the Regulated assets require a focus on Metering strategies have a huge role to challenges of generating optimal returns cost control and efficiency-based play in asset management and the UK requires expert solutions, which the UK asset management strategies, as the has been at the forefront of metering is perfectly placed to provide. scope for diversification and regulatory technology for decades. UK-based firms management can be limited. The returnMay have established considerable expertise At every stage of the power asset from generation assets can be enhanced in smart metering and load control management lifecycle, UK companies by developing and applying production devices. These are now being applied can offer expert services, so that owners and trading optimisation strategies. worldwide in applications in which they may optimise the returns on their The UK’s management16 and technical are helping utilities to reduce the cost of energy assets. From offering inspection consultants, as well as technical trainers, meter reads, increase accuracy and cash programmes and condition assessment have developed a strong position in collection rates, and provide improved through to upgrading, refurbishment providing operational advice and support services to their customers. and replacement planning, UK firms to asset managers in generation and have the experience and skills necessary network businesses. to optimise performance.

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Managing live assets in real time Repair of power line assets without interrupting supply

Johannesburg City Power brought in The challenge was to replace the creating enough space to demount the UK engineering firm Mott MacDonald’s damaged pylon without an outage. existing pylon and erect a new steel local power business Merz and McLellan This included checking the strength pole structure. The whole operation to provide design and engineering of adjacent pylons for the additional on site was completed in one day support for theWithdrawn complete replacement loads that would be temporarily applied following three months of planning and of a damaged pylon while the 88kV during the replacement operation, engineering work. power lines it carried were still live. specification for the replacement Much of the transmission network tower, new insulators and fittings, and Replacement of this asset was is 60-80 years old and extensive managing public and worker safety. required after a car crashed through refurbishment and replacement of the base of a steel lattice pylon in The replacement was performed by pylons will be required in coming south Johannesburg. Adjacent pylons’ transferring the energised lines from years. ‘Live line’ work is expected to conductors held the damaged structure the damaged pylon to two robotic arms, become increasingly common as in position and power supply to the mounted on mobile cranes. Using the power companies seek to upgrade their adjacent suburbs was unbroken. arms, the lines were then moved apart, networks without disrupting supply. 24 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

UK network operators have put in place sophisticated systems for tracking faults and determining their cause, duration and number of customers affected”.

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Planning, procurement UK firms have developed operating For utility operators to run efficient and operations strategies that range from flexible rostering maintenance and capital budgeting and multi-tasking to enhanced training programmes, particularly of aging Optimal returns from fit-for-purpose for network and plant operators. These assets, they must know the conditions energy asset investments strategies have been adopted worldwide by and current performance of their assets. Expert asset management input from established and new utility grids. UK service providers have responded experienced UK companies at the by producing some of the world’s inception of a new energy project can Condition assessment most sophisticated condition and result in optimal performance from performance monitoring technology. the outset. Maximising the performance of new This includes equipment to monitor and aging energy assets oil-filled cables, switchgear, steel and UK innovations in performance-based concrete structures. It also covers IT regulation (PBR) have led to the Many new build energy and utility systems and software for modelling development of new competencies in networks are being created in emerging complex systems. assessing andWithdrawn maximising network service economies, and UK companies are performance. UK firms are helping new playing their part to ensure these In addition, the UK’s engineering and established utility networks around incorporate the latest asset management and management consultants have the world with the adoption of PBR, best practice from the outset. developed decision-making tools ensuring they balance their cost reduction At the same time, established utilities are and other analytical techniques for requirements with maintaining and running aging plants with equipment that appraising asset management options. improving network service performance. is no longer able to perform optimally, but Operational efficiency is a key element does not warrant replacement. UK firms of energy asset management. It can be are experienced in managing aging power addressed through strategic investment assets and completing the highly complex in equipment and systems, as well as by risk/benefit calculations to determine at applying appropriate operating practices. which point an asset should be replaced. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 25

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Developing frameworks for emerging civil nuclear power programmes Impartial and technology-independent support over nuclear assets’ entire lifecycles

The Lloyd’s Register Group has worked significant one, politically, financially Lloyd’s Register also guides on over 1,000 nuclear projects since the and logistically. To bring a nuclear governments as they set up their own first UK reactor was built in 1950. Lloyd’s power station online is expensive and nuclear regulators and helps new Register has more than 200 nuclear can take a decade or more to achieve. users of nuclear power to complete experts, operating across the globe and Lloyd’s Register’s nuclear teams provide investment appraisals, technical and focusing on the challenges of the design, independent and expert assurance financial due diligence and safety and siting and operation of future plants. by working with the governments of risk assessments, as well as mapping The global challengesWithdrawn of climate change nations that are seeking to develop out infrastructure requirements and and energy poverty require solutions civil nuclear power programmes building safe, secure and sustainable that have given rise to a worldwide to supply advisory and technical nuclear supply chains. All these tasks renaissance in nuclear power. services throughout the entire asset must be completed before a reactor management cycle. design is selected. Many countries are deploying or considering nuclear power for the first Lloyd’s Register acts as a Technical Lloyd’s Register plays a key role in the time because it is the only mature Support Organisation (TSO) to global nuclear renaissance by providing technology capable of generating governments that are starting to technical expertise and independent electricity that is clean, secure, build new nuclear power frameworks third party advice verifying safety affordable and dependable. However, according to international protocols, reviews and their findings. the decision to go nuclear is a treaties and conventions. 26 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Advisory services

The UK has a strong tradition of providing professional advisory services to the power sector, delivering expertise developed over many decades. UK firms offer financial, legal and technical advice to cover every aspect2019 of the power sector and its supply chain.

The UK’s advisory services sector can Understanding engineering and draw on specific power sector expertise technology is critical to the performance across virtually every business and of a project or transaction. The UK May technical discipline. It typically provides is home to several of the world’s financial, legal, technical, IT, business leading power engineering and related and environmental expertise, or a specialist consultancies. Engineering combination of these. The power sector consultancies provide advice on other consumes vast sums of capital, which is issues, too, including16 project feasibility, facilitated by the unique and flexible UK design, construction monitoring, financial sector, with its concentration project management, operation and of financial services institutions and maintenance, as well as likely operating experts in the City of London. regimes and decommissioning. UK legal firms have been involved UK environmental advisers bring a in drawing up and revising the key comprehensive understanding of enabling law, licenses and industry permitting and licensing processes, codes that together define the experience of stakeholder consultations, foundation of a jurisdiction’s regulatory and expertise across the whole range framework. UK law firms have been of environmental science. They also particularly active in such unbundling provide guidance on management and and restructuring work, normally monitoring. UK-based environmental working with expert technical advisers consultancies also operate and management consultancies. internationally, advising numerous Four of the world’s top eight international law firms are based in the UK. Withdrawngovernments on creating environmental regulations to suit local requirements and conditions. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 27

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Pre-feasibility study on new nuclear build in Europe

The UK-based nuclear team at Deloitte, leading a consortium Deloitte in the UK project managed Deloitte, a leading professional of other advisers, has provided the pre-feasibility study jointly with services firm, consists of a number a comprehensive pre-feasibility its local firm and drew on its broad of professionals with a broad range study on the construction of a new range of capabilities and industry of financial and project experience nuclear power plant to a leading knowledge. Where necessary it was in the nuclear industry. It has been utility in Europe. This study covered supported by technical and legal a key adviserWithdrawn to the UK Government a wide range of areas, such as legal, input, enabling a seamless review to throughout the restructuring of the administrative and environmental be provided. This study has formed civil nuclear industry in the UK, both aspects, an analysis of different a key milestone for the utility in in terms of nuclear decommissioning contracting methods, a review of determining its investment options and nuclear new build. The team options around partnership structures and programming the next steps for is able to draw on a wide range of and financial and economic analysis its new nuclear build programme. experience both within its UK firm and of the project. its other member firms, which consist of over 100,000 professionals. 28 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

In the last 15 years, UK-based power sector advisers have helped more than 30 companies invest in grid connected thermal generation projects, with a similar number of sale transactions for such plant”.

Financing the power sector The UK also has strong capabilities The UK has very strong capability in in energy market forecasting, with addressing the complex regulatory, Economic and financial expertise to a number of consultancies offering contracting, and risk management power energy sector growth detailed power market modelling and issues raised by power marketing and The UK’s financial advisers include forecasting services. UK consultants have trading. This includes assignments in the major investment banks, boutique provided most of the market forecasts support and2019 development of power merchant banks, global accountancy that have supported the financing of marketing businesses, as well as the practices and management power projects since the early 1990s. more sophisticated requirements of consultancies. They provide a wide project restructuring, asset disposition, range of expert advice, including on Managing the regulatory gas tolling, arbitrage, asset optimisation project feasibility and returns, capital and restructuring agreements. Where environment structures, sources of funds, loan Mayprojects or transactions are financed syndication, taxation, and underwriting Legal expertise that has written the by project loans, UK legal advisers and insurance. power sector’s regulatory rule book will advise on key contracts, such as UK financial advisers have supported The UK’s legal sector is highly active, construction, fuel, sales and operations, either the sponsor or lenders in the both domestically and16 internationally. which together make up the deal. financing of many new power projects Because the UK’s power sector numbers around the world. They have also so many world ‘firsts’, UK legal advisers played a key role in many of the largest are typically called upon when fresh mergers and acquisitions of power regulatory regimes are being prepared, assets worldwide. or established ones are undergoing UK-based economic advisers play a major change. key role in advising on the economic As a result of the UK’s liberalised aspects of energy policy and power market, the large number of regulations to help governments and transactions and early experience in regulatory authorities assess the liberalisation have broadened and impact of their actions. Two key areas deepened UK law firms’ expertise in of expertise for UK consultants are the power sector. This is reinforced by price and rate of return controls, and their involvement in the UK’s extensive performance regulation of monopoly range of liberalised and regulated service providers. UK economic markets, as well as their work on major consultanciesWithdrawn have also built a strong mergers and acquisitions. reputation in understanding market design and trading systems, especially for power, gas, carbon and tradable green certificates. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 29

Expert counsel on projects and legislative, regulatory and licensing regimes Structuring power infrastructure projects in multiple jurisdictions

CMS Cameron McKenna has a market the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Slovakia The firm has advised on the leading power practice that has advised and South Africa. This has included structuring of power projects and internationally in over 40 jurisdictions the drafting of primary legislation, key documents, such as Power and for over 25 years. The law firm licences, tariff documents, codes, Purchase Agreements, Engineering, offers expert counsel to industry regulations and power procurement Procurement and Construction (EPC) participants at all levels of the power guidelines, together with areas such contracts, fuel supply agreements, supply chain, from generators, network as nuclear decommissioning rules. Grid Codes, connection and use of owners and operators to suppliers system agreements, Operation and CMS Cameron McKenna also advises and regulators. Maintenance (O&M) contracts and internationally on power station and 2019 financing documentation. CMS Cameron McKenna regularly other power infrastructure projects, advises on the establishment or and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). reform of legislative, regulatory Recent projects include power and licensing regimes, with recent stations and power infrastructure international examples including in the Balkans, Iceland, Kenya, Botswana, Cambodia, India, Jordan, Malaysia, South Africa and Turkey.May

Developing frameworks for emerging civil nuclear16 power programmes Impartial and technology-independent support over nuclear assets’ entire lifecycles

Herbert Smith LLP has a world-renowned The firm is currently advising the Herbert Smith is advising on how to market-leading energy practice that Nigerian Bureau of Public Enterprises promote private sector participation advises on domestic and international on the privatisation of the country’s in the unbundling of these assets projects which are at the cutting edge of electricity industry. The Nigerian while concurrently helping to secure new and emerging technologies. A key Government has initiated these early improvement in generation and component of the practice is its power reforms in response to the country’s distribution of electricity and ongoing team, which has advised on major shortage of generating capacity. The asset operability in the country. developments in the power sector main objectives of these reforms are to in the UK and internationally for restructure the power sector, unbundle 30 years, and its market regulatory the state-owned power company and team, which advises on major power privatise the unbundled generation sector reform projects. and distribution companies. Withdrawn 30 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

Education, training and research

The UK has a vibrant research and development sector engaged in energy systems, power engineering and low carbon technologies. 2019 UK organisations provide training and The UK’s capacity for education, skills development on the operation training and skills development of electricity assets, regulation and in the power sector is extensive. It business activities in liberalised power encompasses hands-on operating markets worldwide. training of generation, transmission and distribution network workers, using World-class UK universities and state-of-the-art simulators to provideMay research institutes are engaged in bespoke, high-end technical courses. power and energy research across The level of training ranges from entry science, engineering and business level trades and apprenticeships to disciplines. Research activities are post-doctoral and professional training. spread across universities, institutes 16 Education and training are delivered via and private companies, much of it in a combination of private companies, collaborative projects being part-funded universities and colleges, as well as by Government. The UK Energy Research through utility and energy companies. Centre (UKERC) and the National The number and variety of training Energy Research Network (NERN) aim service providers is huge. to coordinate the strategy and funding of the UK’s Research Councils into the Training and skills development in the energy and power sectors. The Energy UK’s power sector is coordinated by the Technologies Institute (ETI) helps sector skills council, Energy & Utility commercialise research by linking power Skills, the National Skills Academy for companies and the UK Government, and Power and the National Skills Academy is forecast to invest over $2 billion of for Nuclear. matched Government and private sector funding into research over the ten years to 2017. Withdrawn By 2024, the number of UK-based quality training suppliers in the power sector is forecast to increase by 80%.

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is forecast to invest over $2 billion in energy and power related research over the ten years to 2017”. UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 31

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World-class research and fusion, as well as into cleaner fossil UK companies offer training on various development fuels, plus renewable, hydrogen and aspects of electricity markets, including fuel cell technologies. In addition, general overviews, energy trading, Leading university and corporate networks and storage research is regulation and market operation, R&D facilities being conducted to investigate how financing generation and asset More than a dozen leading UK renewable energy sources, which have management. Most of them provide universities have ongoing research a very different supply profile to those bespoke training, in addition to open programmes in power and energy of nuclear and thermal power, can be access programmes. related topics, covering basic and better integrated into the grid. A number of major conference applied science, engineering and companies operate from the UK, economics, management and Skills provision for next providing conferences and seminars policy. Many of the world’s largest generation power technologies on electricity matters. In addition, energy companies and engineering Withdrawn several university business schools run groups have UK-based research and Equipping the global power workforce academic post-graduate courses and development facilities. Corporate and with fit-for-purpose skills other short courses on various aspects academic researchers are active across The UK offers hands-on operator of energy markets and trading. Whether the power sector and also complete training for power station operators, they are run in the UK or overseas, these research for international clients. using state-of-the-art simulators. events attract a significant proportion The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) Advanced training is also given to of delegates from outside the UK. is currently funding power-related transmission and distribution network research into nuclear energy, including workers. In addition, there is bespoke training on how to operate key power generation systems, often provided as part of a technical advisory service. 32 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

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Working smarter towards flexible power delivery Smart grid and active network management research

The University of Strathclyde’s Institute monitoring and diagnostics. Another Hub, Energy Network Grand Challenges, for Energy and Environment, within the area of expertise is electricity markets Highly Distributed Energy Future and Department of Electronic and Electrical and their regulation, including power Wind Energy programmes. Engineering, is an internationally system economics. In addition to high quality academic recognised research group driving This incorporates the £5.5 million research, the institute delivers advances in smart grid technologies. Engineering and Physical Sciences applied and strategic research Twenty-six academics, 40 research WithdrawnResearch Council (EPSRC) Centre for through extensive industrial research fellows and over 140 research students Doctoral Training in Wind Energy partnerships. These include the are pioneering the technologies, Systems, and a £12.5 million Power Rolls-Royce University Technology concepts and policies that will deliver the Network Demonstration Centre that Centre in Electrical Power Systems, the low carbon, smart, electricity networks provides a realistic and controllable SSE Research Partnership, the National of the future. These include high- medium voltage and low voltage test Grid Partnership and the ScottishPower voltage direct current (HVDC) systems, bed for the development of smart Advanced Research Centre. power electronics, renewable energy grid technologies. The University of technologies and integration, as well Strathclyde leads or participates in the as active network management, power EPSRC SUPERGEN (Sustainable Power system protection and control, condition Generation and Supply) Energy Network UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future 33

A vital hub powering education Unique research facilities servicing World-leading nuclear skills and training the global nuclear sector development The National Skills Academy for Power The expertise of the UK’s National The National Skills Academy for Nuclear (the Skills Academy) has a critical role in Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) covers the is an employer-led organisation delivering the training and development complete nuclear fuel cycle – from fuel established to ensure that the nuclear needs of the UK’s power sector. Through manufacture and power generation, industry and its supply chain has the collaboration, the Skills Academy is through to reprocessing, waste skilled, competent2019 and safe workforce developing the quality and consistency treatment and disposal. Its capabilities it needs to deal with the current and of training and education in the sector. include defence, new nuclear build and future UK nuclear programme, including It plays a vital role in delivering a homeland security. The National Nuclear all sub sectors. It works with employers sustainable pipeline of talent to meet Laboratory provides these services and Cogent, the UK sector skills council the needs of the UK’s power sector. supported by an impressive range of for science-based industries, to deliver facilities and links with international skills solutions specific to the nuclear The Skills Academy takes a long-term May research organisations, academia and industry’s needs. These include the strategic view of skills needs and other national laboratories. implementation of nuclear industry training provision, addresses gaps in standards via the web-based Nuclear the provision and reduces unnecessary NNL’s facilities are world-leading. Its Skills Passport which has received a duplication. Its graduates work UK-based Sellafield Central Laboratory 16 significant amount of international throughout the UK power sector, and is the most modern nuclear technology interest. A number of industry specific their expertise boosts the skills UK firms research facility in the world. Also on qualifications are also accessible via bring to the export market. the Sellafield site is the Windscale e-learning and the Skills Academy’s Laboratory, providing Post-Irradiation Think Power is an initiative designed network of high quality training providers. Examination (PIE) and other services to make the UK’s power sector more critical to plant life extension. At other The UK is recognised as a world-leader accessible and attractive. It allows National Nuclear Laboratory locations in nuclear skills. The Skills Academy’s industry to highlight what it can offer there are non-radioactive test rig network of quality assured providers in terms of a career pathway, job facilities, a uranium active chemistry includes leading colleges, universities and security, the variety of work available, laboratory and teams researching flagship delivery centres, where overseas career development, training and, most graphite technology, radiation chemistry learners can study in the UK. Additionally importantly, helping to meet the future and modelling/simulation. there are international affiliates of the energy challenge. The Think Power Skills Academy whose high quality website promotes the opportunities The ability of NNL to help build technical training ensures employers across the available and provides essential capacity for nuclear science and globe can develop their nuclear workforce information of how to start a career technology development both in the UK to the highest of standards. in energy Withdrawnand renewables and will be and internationally is based on its long- an essential starting point for those term operation of these world-leading The National Skills Academy for Nuclear thinking about joinin g the industry. facilities. It also has a wealth of technical has a formal collaboration agreement experience, coupled with a significant with the Institute of Nuclear Power network of global partnerships. Operations (INPO) and works closely with the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This ensures training provision is delivered to world-leading nuclear industry standards and qualifications. 34 UK Power | Capabilities for a low carbon future

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