National Grid ESO has published the Triad dates for 2019/20. These were: Monday 18 November, 17:00-17:30 Monday 2 December, 17:00-17:30 Tuesday 17 December, 16:30-17:00 Triads are the three highest winter evening peaks, at least ten days apart. National Grid uses the methodology to determine transmission network charges for large companies. The more power companies are Read more…
SMS launches virtual power plant following Solo buy
Smart Metering Systems is moving into the virtual power plant market after buying tech firm Solo Energy. SMS bought Solo Energy last autumn. The Cork-based firm is creating a virtual power plant (VPP) that wraps in domestic and business assets such as battery storage, small scale generation and EV chargers, which it installs at no Read more…
UK power: renewables and gas up, nukes and coal down
Renewable power generation of 119 TWh set new records in the UK last year, accounting for 37 per cent of electricity, up 4 percentage points on 2018. The output, detailed in the latest government figures, contributed to the nation’s homegrown carbon emissions dropping 3.6 per cent from 2018. Overall national electricity production was 323.7 TWh, Read more…
Biomass industry calls for coronavirus supply chain support
Deliveries of biomass feedstock to consumers including utilities, NHS hospitals and food producers must be safeguarded, if output is to be maintained as normal through the coronavirus crisis, a trade body has warned government. Biomass Heat Works has sought reassurances from ministers that some 700,000 tonnes a year of pellets can continue to reach industrial Read more…
Robin Hood Energy under review after £23m loss
Nottingham Council owned energy supplier Robin Hood has posted a £23.1m loss for 2018/19. While the firm’s management says it is “confident” financial stability can be improved, a professional services firm is being brought in to conduct a strategic review. “This will consider all options for Robin Hood Energy and will be complete by the Read more…
Coronavirus: GridBeyond urges DSR providers to notify of demand changes
GridBeyond has urged industrial and commercial firms that provide demand-side response (DSR) services to notify aggregators of changes to predicted consumption patterns. As businesses shut down to ride out the coronavirus, and millions of people work from home, the power system’s usual pattern of demand is no longer. That means energy companies, traders and grid Read more…
Eight firms get funding to crack SME energy efficiency
Eight firms bidding to unlock greater investment and engagement in energy efficiency within small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have secured further government funding. SMEs account for 99.9 per cent of the UK’s 5.9m private businesses, according to the FSB, which means the UK cannot achieve net zero without SMEs also decarbonising. Meanwhile, government has conservatively Read more…
Atlantis lands grant for multiple tidal turbine hub
Simec Atlantis has landed a £1.5m grant to start building a subsea hub, where multiple tidal turbines can connect. The aim is to get more turbines in the water, both its own and those of other developers. The money comes from the Scottish government’s Saltire Tidal Energy Fund and the grant means Atlantis can award Read more…
Thermal battery maker Sunamp partners wind farm crowd-funder Ripple
Electricity from co-operatively owned wind farms powering thermal batteries to produce clean home heat on demand. That’s the vision of two energy firms, Sunamp and Ripple. Sunamp, which makes heat batteries, has signed a collaboration deal with Ripple Energy, a green power ownership platform and community wind farm developer, to provide heat batteries to Ripple’s Read more…
Defra: UK carbon footprint ’21 per cent below 2007 peak’
Greenhouse gas emissions linked to consumption by UK homes and businesses dropped by 21 per cent in the decade to 2017, according to latest government figures. Total GHG output linked to all forms of consumption in the economy stood at 772 million tonnes in 2017. Analysts at Defra said this was down over a fifth Read more…
Gresham House buys 50MW battery project, on track for 330MW
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has bought its biggest battery storage project yet, a 50MW scheme in south Yorkshire. The grid-connected site at Thurcroft near Rotherham is the fund’s tenth UK project. To be constructed by Noriker Power and the fund’s in house developers GH DevCo, it is expected to commission in early summer. Once Read more…
Coronavirus and the power system: Keep calm and put the kettle on
Energy companies have moved to reassure the public that our power system can cope with any impact from the coronavirus. Fears were raised earlier this week that networks were anticipating the worst, working up emergency plans to keep the lights on should they lose 80 per cent of their staff. In response, National Grid ESO Read more…
150MW: Developers of UK’s biggest battery plan to make it bigger
The developers of the UK’s largest battery are aiming to take it up to 150MW. And they say they can go even bigger. Penso Power, the originators of the 100MW Minety battery, are now in talks with potential offtakers for the 50MW extension. The Minety project, backed by China Huaneng Group, is actually two 49.9MW Read more…
Pennon sells Viridor
Pennon has agreed to sell waste arm Viridor for $4.2bn to a consortium of buyers advised by Kohl Kravis Roberts (KKR). Planets UK Bidco will pay $3.7bn in cash, and take on $500 million in further liabilities, including leases. The victors reportedly outbid rivals including Macquarie Bank’s infrastructure arm and Equitix. Transfer of assets is Read more…
Total plans floating wind turbines in Celtic sea
French oil and gas giant Total is planning a 96MW floating offshore wind farm after setting up a joint venture with developer Simply Blue Energy. The two have submitted an application to the Crown Estate for the initial project, dubbed Erebus. They plan to use Principle Power’s Windfloat technology, first deployed off Portugal in 2011. Read more…
Gnergy goes bust
Small supplier Gnergy is the latest casualty of the energy retail market. The company, which supplied around 9,000 household accounts and some small businesses, had been struggling for some time. It was run by a community of former Gurkhas, and was set up by retired army major Tikendra Dewan. The company was one of several Read more…
Vattenfall exits EV charging in UK, sells charging network to Statkraft
Swedish state-owned energy firm Vattenfall has sold its British EV charging network to Norwegian state-owned Statkraft. The move follows its sale of UK energy retail business iSupply to French state-owned EDF. Vattenfall said it is re-focussing its UK businesses on generation, B2B sales and heat distribution. The utility entered EV charging in the UK in Read more…
Conn gone, Centrica battles on
Centrica chief Ian Conn has exited. The former CEO announced he would be resigning in 2020 last July, but stepped down as the company published its annual report. Finance chief Chris O’Shea takes over as the company continues to search for a permanent chief exec. Chairman Charles Berry has also stepped down, having been on Read more…
Good Energy strikes big Ørsted deal as B2B and EVs power growth
Good Energy made further inroads into business energy supply in 2019, with B2B accounts outnumbering domestic customers for the first time. Posting full year results, the company said it would push further into the sector by bundling commercial electric vehicle EV charging for businesses with clean energy. Unaudited results released this morning show that the Read more…
Bayford Group buys energy supplier E, targets EVs and storage
Yorkshire-based Bayford Group plc, the diversified property-to-energy supply business, today took a further step into advanced energy markets, completing its purchase of the 320,000 customer accounts of supplier E Gas and Electricity. The supplier reported sales of £160m in 2019. It employs 170 staff at its Birmingham head office. Terms for the deal were not Read more…
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