January 2023

In the New Year, we still face climate change, energy pricing crisis, supply challenges, and lacking ambition, but in challenges there are always opportunities. In this edition, we focus on those who are taking the hurdles and overcoming with innovation and originality.

In the UK, a supply issue has driven energy pricing to unprecedented highs, and most are worried about the future. But Centrica Storage has reopened the sizeable Rough gas storage facility. Hardly innovative as a single project, but while balancing the grid in the short term there is a longer term vision in mind. Eventually, the plan is to use the site as a hydrogen storage centre, with hydrogen production close by, exporting this fuel of the future around the world. Alongside the product will be skills and expertise as the UK aims for hydrogen industry leadership, globally. Martin Scargill, MD at Centrica Storage gives us the full. 

As many now look for small steps that they can take as individuals in the battle for emission reductions, electric vehicles are a hot topic. The Electric Car Scheme offers employers the chance to give their teams access to the market quickly, easily, and affordably. Taking petrol and diesel off the road and replacing with all electric will be a major contributor in the UK’s journey to net zero. CEO Thom Groot tells us more about the spark that led him into the industry.

In Denmark and Sweden, Nordic Storage is looking at the potential for using its vast resources for modern fuels. Understanding legislation and pricing like few others, this historic business is vital in the Scandinavian market and has one eye on the future as liquid fossil fuels are replaced with more eco-friendly alternatives. CEO Daiva Angeldorff tells us about the safe transition and how clients are making changes.

Icelandic engineering firm EFLA Consulting Engineers is busy bringing world-leading solutions for overhead power lines and substations – tried and tested in Iceland’s harsh conditions – to clients around the world. Embedding sustainability at the heart of everything it does, this is a thriving business with projects all over the map. Director of the company’s energy division Steinþór Gíslason tells us more about EFLA’s ambition.

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