Over the last two years, research and development (R&D) spending in the utilities sector has fallen by 11% to the lowest level since the credit crunch.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has released its Innovation Strategies, prioritising five areas that require advances in the electricity system to help it decarbonise and develop.
Hitting net zero by 2050 will require more wind power than was originally envisioned by the government, according to the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
