A new approach to data use is helping streamline energy planning for local authorities across London.

The new Share Once project run by the GLA and UK Power Networks pools information about each local area’s long-term plans to decarbonise, such as proposed low carbon heat networks and new infrastructure like public electric vehicle chargepoints.

Instead of submitting such data multiple times to the GLA and UK Power Networks, local authorities can now be able to save time by sharing their plans once, building up a picture of the capital’s wider plans to cut carbon emissions.

This new collaborative approach will also help UK Power Networks plan to build new infrastructure, informing UK Power Networks’ Distribution Future Energy Scenarios (DFES), an online toolkit outlining the company’s investment in the electricity network.

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