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12 Designing the future
Energy Strategy Director Chris
Clarke leads Wales & West Utilities’
Future of Energy work, including
industry first projects like 2050
Pathfinder and Freedom Project.
Here, he outlines how the role of gas
distribution networks has evolved,
and how they’re essential to deliver
net zero carbon emissions by 2050

16 Transport for a green world
David Jones, Sustainable Transport
Strategy Manager for Cadent,
explains how green gas can tackle
transport’s big emitters

20 It’s a boring job
But someone’s gotta do it
National Grid has embarked on
a major project to replace a gas
pipeline stretching five kilometres
beneath the River Humber. This
important investment for National
Grid will maintain up to 25 per cent
of Britain’s gas supplies, serving
22 million homes. As the project
reaches a major milestone, Engineer
Isam Aldroubi presents an overview
of the Humber Pipeline Replacement
Project and some of the challenges
his team has faced along the way

24 Monuments to the past
Serialised exclusively for Gi, IGEM is
proud to present the first instalment
of a new booklet from Professor
Russell Thomas, produced for 12
National Grid Property (NGP), which
records the rich history of gas in the
City of Norwich

28 Choosing the right path
IGEM has welcomed a new report
from the Energy Networks Association
(ENA), which looks at the steps the
country needs to take to decarbonise
the gas network and achieve net zero 16 20
carbon emissions. Here, we take a
look at the key findings

30 What can the gas industry
learn from Spotify?
Simon Tucker, Managing Partner for
Energy & Commodities at Infosys
Consulting, says its time for the gas
industry to face the music on data
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