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The newspaper for February/March 2013 www.esb.ie/em WHAT’S AN ELECTRIC CAR REALLY LIKE? PAGE 11 News Innovation Generation & Wholesale Markets BSC & Electric Ireland ESB Networks Ltd PAGE 02 PAGE 08 PAGE 13 PAGE 14 PAGE 18 Top stories in brief ESB supports Ireland’s EU presidency The theme of the presidency is ‘Jobs, competitiveness and growth’ and ESB will sponsor two events on this theme the Energy Council and the Digital Assembly NIE: Utility achievement award winners In partnership with electricity supplier Power NI, NIE took one of the top awards at the annual UK Utility Industry Achievement Awards BSC and Electric Ireland: The introduction of a single Performance & Development Process In parallel with the launch of ESB’s Corporate Strategy 2025 the company is re-organising the management and delivery of its HR activities, processes and systems ESB Networks: Reduction in ESB Network fleet collisions Ken McKervey, Commercial Manager Electric Ireland, with players from the Irish U20 Six Nations Rugby Team at the launch of the Electric Ireland Home International Rugby Series. ESB SET TO SECURE €3.5M EU SMART GRID RESEARCH FUNDING IN IRELAND 8 The successful bid by the FINESCE consortium of which ESB is a leading member is set to result in the funding of smart energy trials across Europe. The Internet is expected to drive major change and improvements in the Health, Education and Energy sectors. The EU is supporting significant research in these industries, but particularly in the energy sector. As part of the FINESCE consortium, ESB has successfully bid against other groups for €12.9m in grant funding. ESB and its Irish partners will receive over 25% of the total funding for research based in Ireland. The Irish trials will involve ESB ecars and will be led by Telecom Services, who are part of ESB Networks. The trials will be centred in Galway and the Networks Training Centre in Portlaoise. This project will commence in April 2013 and will run for two years. It leads on from a previous smart energy project where ESB ecars successfully participated in a work package on Electric Mobility. This work package also involved the two Irish partners who will continue to participate in FINESCE There are two advantages to winning this research funding: in the shortterm it provides employment in Ireland, but in the long-term it also increases our expertise in smart network technology. See page 20 Over the last nine years, there has been a dramatic reduction in collisions involving ESB Network vehicles Innovation: Impressions of the Doha: Climate Gateway ESBI Carbon Solutions attended the recent international conference on climate change in order to better understand the longterm regulatory implications for ESB Generation & Wholesale Markets: Safety Conference The first Generation & Wholesale Market Safety Conference took place recently issn no. 0790-7508 ELECTRIC IRELAND HOME INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SERIES: http://www.esb.ie/em

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EM - February/March 2013