UK Investment Recovery

Apr 2013

Electricity Transmission

Reference:

Status: Live

Start Date: Apr 2013

End Date: Unknown

Funding Licencee(s): National Grid Electricity System Operator

Contact: National Grid TO Innovation Team

Funding Mechanism Innovation Funding Incentive

Research Area: None

Core Technology(ies): Gas Transmission Networks

Estimated Expenditure: £2,700,000.00

Introduction: UK Waste and Resource Recovery, Environmental Management leading to a potential reduction in waste disposal costs and an increase in investment recovery.

Objectives: To explore the opportunities available to optimise operational waste management across GB electricity transmission and thereby reduce the cost to the environment and improve value recovery.

To include a review of the value received from operational scrap from both CAPEX and OPEX schemes across electrical equipment types, the potential recovery of grey spares and explore opportunities for knowledge transfer and innovation.