Energyst Media has acquired New Power, a subscription-based expert resource for those interested in developments within the UK energy industry. A comprehensive source of insight and knowledge, New Power examines the challenges of moving from a central high-carbon power system to one that will provide heat and power securely, affordably and with minimal carbon dioxide emissions. Read more…
Gridbeyond strikes DSR deal with ENW’s commercial arm
Gridbeyond and Electricity North West’s commercial arm will jointly market and implement demand-side response (DSR) services to some 900 large industrial and commercial companies. ENW Commercial and Maintenance is the non-regulated part of the distribution network operator’s business. It provides high and medium voltage services to the biggest companies in the north west, for example, Read more…
Khan puts energy efficiency at heart of decarbonised London plan
Energy efficiency will be key to decarbonising London, regardless of the technology choices it makes over the coming decades, according to Sadiq Khan. Meanwhile, government must commit to subsidising renewable heat and supporting heat networks beyond 2021, when the current regime will close. If it cannot make decisions fast enough, it should hand over the Read more…
All DNOs commit to considering DSR and energy efficiency over reinforcement
The Energy Networks Association has published a commitment from all distribution network operators (DNOs) to consider demand-side response or flexibility solutions over network reinforcement in all major projects. Energy efficiency solutions are also in scope. All DNOs are starting to pay for flexibility. The ENA said they will have collectively procured 320MW by the end Read more…
WPD publishes daily DSR requirements
Western Power Distribution has started producing short-term forecasts of the flexible power, or demand-side response (DSR), that it plans to buy to balance parts of its network, and how much it will pay. For example, the distribution network operator (DNO) plans to buy 21.5MWh today and tomorrow, for which it will pay £1,612.50 as a Read more…
Energy supplier debt crisis creating “house of cards”
Energy suppliers have liabilities of hundreds of millions of pounds and more are likely to go bust. Those left standing will have to pick up the tab and pass it on to their customers, according to Chris Bowden, MD of business clean energy supplier Squeaky Energy. Bowden has decades of experience in finance and energy, Read more…
Socomec provides storage solution for microgrid
NTU’s REIDS initiative is the largest microgrid R&D platform in Southeast Asia. In this sponsored post, Socomec outlines how its storage system helps underpin it. Launched in 2016 by NTU, the REIDS initiative is the largest offshore hybrid microgrid test and research platform in the tropics. It is built on Semakau landfill, located 8 km Read more…
Nissan: 2019 “breakthrough year” for EVs as power plants, eyes energy supply market
Nissan sees 2019 as “a breakthrough year” for grid services via electric vehicles. The carmaker could potentially become an energy supplier soon after that. “It is something that could happen. In the UK there are companies offering electricity that are not typical utilities, so it is possible,” Eduardo Mascarell, head of energy aggregation and vehicle Read more…
Webinar: Terre, the balancing mechanism and virtual lead parties
National Grid and Elexon will hold a webinar next week on wider access to the balancing mechanism and project Terre. It will outline steps for companies with flexible assets that wish to access those markets by becoming ‘virtual lead parties’ or VLPs. The balancing mechanism (BM) is National Grid’s main mechanism for balancing supply and Read more…
Swindon powers waste plant via solar private wire
Swindon Borough Council-owned Public Power Solutions has switched on Barnfield Solar Farm. The 2.5MW facility will power the solid recoverable fuel (SRF) plant and depot at the adjacent Swindon household waste recycling centre via a private wire, cutting power bills by around £185,000 a year. The SRF plant process 70,000 tonnes of rubbish a year, Read more…
Co-located storage can bid into Capacity Market, Ofgem confirms
Ofgem has published new guidance for companies that want to add storage to renewable energy installations supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) and feed-in tariff (FIT) schemes. They can bid into the Capacity Market too – if and when it is reinstated. Adding storage to such RO/FiT sites was not foreseen when the subsidy schemes Read more…
BT and Eon join EV100, pledge to electrify fleet by 2030
BT and Eon have pledged to electrify their fleets by 2030. The two are among a number of companies that have signed up to the EV100 initiative, joining the likes of EDF, Heathrow Airport, Ikea, Unilever and Vattenfall. The Climate Group, which oversees the RE100 where business pledge to buy renewable power, is behind the Read more…
Energy efficiency fund IPO raises £100m
Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) has raised £100m to invest in energy efficiency projects via an initial public offering. The SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) will use the money to acquire nine initial projects valued at £57m and three others worth £30m. These include combined cooling/heating and power plants (CCHP) at a Citi data centre and Read more…
Inspired to raise cash to buy fellow TPI Inprova Finance for £19.5m
Inspired Energy’s acquisition spree shows no sign of relenting. The company has conditionally agreed a £19.5m cash deal for Inprova Finance and now seeks to raise £19m via a new share placing. One of the top ten industrial and commercial third party intermediaries, Inprova Finance is a significant operator in the TPI market, with some Read more…
Gridimp builds on small business DSR plans with latest installation
Gridimp, a start-up trying to build an artificial intelligence-driven approach to demand-side response for smaller companies, has installed its technology at the Somerset Energy Innovation Centre (SEIC) in Bridgwater. The test sees its hub integrated into the existing BMS, enabling the innovation centre to assess energy usage patterns and control assets in response to calls Read more…
Capacity Market top up auction planned for summer 2019
The UK government has reiterated that it hopes to re-start the Capacity Market as soon as possible and intends to run a ‘top up’ auction next summer. The market was suspended last month following a legal challenge by Tempus Energy. The European Commission now has to undertake a formal investigation after the General Court of Read more…
1GW of flex sought in London
A plan to unlock a gigawatt of peak flexible power resource in London by 2050 is underway. The GLA-backed Flex London project forms part of the Mayor’s plan to make the capital a zero carbon city. The authority, plus project partners, is bringing together public and private sector organisations that have the potential to provide Read more…
Western Power Distribution joins Piclo flex platform
Western Power Distribution has joined the Piclo flexibility platform. All six distribution network operators (DNOS) have now signed up as trialists. The platform brings together buyers and sellers of flexibility. Crucially it provides visibility around location of available flexibility. The next step is to become an online marketplace, running local flexibility auctions. With all DNOs Read more…
Energy sector ‘digitally behind the curve’, but way ahead of water industry
The energy sector accepts the transformational ‘three Ds’ of decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitisation – but suppliers are behind the curve on the latter aspect, according to a study. The Bearing Point report, which looked at 593 companies across eight countries, suggested UK suppliers in the main could benefit commercially by developing coherent digital marketing and Read more…
National Grid outlines next steps for hundreds of millions worth of services
National Grid has published further detail on new ways of balancing and managing the power system via services worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Its first system operability report explains the challenges posed by declining inertia as large thermal plant closes or runs less frequently while renewable and distributed generation increases. It also Read more…
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