Our innovation projects

High Voltage Feeder Monitoring to pre-empt Faults identifies and locates faults faster to minimise impact on the network and our customers.

We are working collaboratively with gas network Wales & West Utilities to trial new hybrid heating systems which lower carbon emissions.

LV Interconnected Pairs is a technical project that will help us restore power faster in urban areas.

MILES Better Fault Location is trialling a new way of finding faults on our network, which will help us improve our industry-leading network reliabili

This project will trial the use of Mobile Field Control to improve customer service and operational efficiency.

UK Power Networks, OVO Energy and UK clean tech company tepeo have come together to understand how tepeo’s innovative Zero Emission Boiler interacts

Neighbourhood Green will explore what normal domestic loads and After Diversity Maximum Demand (ADMD) for heating technologies will be in the future,

Optimise Prime is the world’s biggest trial of commercial EVs. It seeks to understand and minimise the impact that the electrification of commercial

Power Protect is developing and trialling a new service to offer portable battery packs to customers who are medically dependent on electricity and ex

UK Power Networks is developing and trialling a new fault limiting circuit breaker that is significantly smaller and more efficient than any similar d

Real Time Fault Level Monitoring Stage 2 (RTFLM2) will trial a new device capable of measuring fault levels in the network actively. It is a potential

Shift is a nationally-significant trial that could revolutionise the electric vehicle industry. The project is at the forefront of the fundamental cha