UK Power Networks has launched a smart charging trial that will incentivise electric car drivers to charge at times that best suit the local grid. The DNO hopes to recruit up to 1,000 EV drivers for the trial in London and the South East, alongside partners Octopus Energy, Ovo-owned Kaluza and charge point provider Pod Read more…
National Grid: DSR ‘more reliable than nuclear’
The GB electricity system operator has suggested demand-side response (DSR) is more reliable than nuclear power in its latest Capacity Market auction guidelines. National Grid ESO has given DSR a de-rating factor of 86 per cent, while nuclear is de-rated to 81 per cent. DSR is also deemed to be marginally more reliable than biomass, Read more…
Demand-side response and battery storage: Give us your views
The Energyst seeks views on demand-side response (DSR) and battery storage. Our survey aims to create a snapshot of how people are providing flexibility, what’s working and which areas remain a challenge. We would also like to hear from businesses that could provide flexibility services – but do not, for whatever reason. The survey forms Read more…
Beis and Ofgem tell energy networks to expedite flex
Government and regulator have written to energy networks urging them to step up efforts to deliver a smart, flexible system. The letter states that networks have made some progress and welcomes initiatives to map out options for a shift to distribution system operators (DSOs), and commitments from all networks to consider flexibility over traditional reinforcement. Read more…
All new rapid EV chargers must have card payment functionality
All new rapid and super fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers installed from April 2020 must offer card payment functionality. While the mandate only applies to rapid chargers upwards (50kW+) government ultimately wants industry to work enable any EV driver to use any public charging point to address interoperability issues that risk inefficiency and poor driver Read more…
WPD signs deal with Piclo to boost local flex uptake
Western Power Distribution will use the Piclo local flexibility platform in a bid to attract more businesses to help it manage local constraints. WPD and other distribution network operators have committed to buying flexibility – power from small generators, batteries and load forms of demand-side response – where it is more cost effective than traditional Read more…
Turning data into actionable insight
As energy professionals across private and public sectors are asked to tackle new challenges, from compliance and cost control to carbon reduction, many are turning to their energy data to make well-informed decisions. The new Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting framework (SECR) means more businesses than ever are data gathering So, how can organisations harness Read more…
BP Chargemaster to install 200 rapid EV chargers at Mitchells & Butlers pubs
BP Chargemaster has signed a deal to install up to 200 rapid electric vehicle chargers at Mitchells & Butlers pubs and restaurants, with 50 installations of the 50kW chargers expected to be completed in the next three months. “We recognise the importance of providing somewhere for EV users to charge their cars, while also giving Read more…
Energy efficiency: Make firms show they have acted on Esos, say MPs
MPs have urged government to make energy efficiency a national infrastructure priority to stand a chance of hitting net zero targets. The Beis Select Committee delivered a withering assessment of energy efficiency policy across the domestic and commercial sectors. “We are concerned that the Government has set targets for energy efficiency without having a clear Read more…
Ofgem to bring decarbonisation into remit, outlines major shift
Ofgem’s remit is to be extended to cover carbon as part of sweeping changes outlined to better enable net zero. The regulator, alongside government, also plans to streamline industry rules and the way codes are managed to better enable innovation and unlock new services. Ofgem’s strategic narrative document cites an ambition to enable system wide Read more…
National Grid models big DSR and storage increases
National Grid’s latest energy scenario modelling suggests a potential major increase in demand-side response (DSR) provided by UK businesses. The electricity system operator has also increased its projections of storage capacity, though revised down long-term solar growth across scenarios that could play out, depending on the policy decisions and market developments in the medium to Read more…
Engenie lands £35m Cube investment, plans 2,000 rapid EV chargers
Engenie has secured £35m in backing from infrastructure investor Cube. The company will use the funds to rollout 2,000 rapid electric vehicle chargers over the next five years. CEO Ian Johnstone said the rollout will be “fairly linear” out to 2024. The company is installing chargers at 200 sites for pubco Marston’s and Johnstone said Read more…
Flexitricity: Fruitful returns from CHP plants in the Balancing Mechanism
Demand response specialist Flexitricity has transformed the way Glen Avon Growers maximises value from its energy assets. The commercial horticulturist has created new revenue streams by optimising the flexibility it has with its combined heat and power (CHP) plant, generating over £300,000 during the past decade. This has been achieved through participation in Short Term Read more…
Net zero: Design incentives for business decarbonisation and let DNOs install fatter wires
The Committee on Climate Change has told government to urgently create a package of policies that incentivise businesses to invest in decarbonisation. Business and industry, said the Committee, will be required to do much of the heavy lifting if the UK’s economy is to hit the net zero target now enshrined in law. The Committee Read more…
Burger King CFO: How to bring the c-suite into sustainability
Tim Doubleday is group CFO at Burger King. He is also chair of the environment leadership team at Business in the Community – and gave a snapshot of how to engage the c-suite in sustainability at the May Hospitality Carbon Reduction Forum. Doubleday outlined the simultaneous snowballing of environmental regulation and taxes and growing public Read more…
Systemising sustainability: How rivals are collaborating to cut carbon
The Hospitality Carbon Reduction Forum is putting best practice around energy and sustainability on the menu, with rival pub, restaurant and coffee chains collaborating to drive down consumption, cut waste and improve their bottom lines. Mark Chapman runs Carbon Statement, an energy analytics and sustainability consultancy that specialises in the hospitality sector. His mission is Read more…
DS Smith gets green light for 73MW CHP plant
Paper firm DS Smith has been granted development consent by the secretary of state for a large new combined heat and power plant near Sittingbourne, Kent. The company’s new CHP at Kemsley Paper Mill will be capable of providing 105MWth of steam, to be used by the mill and 73MW of electrical power, via gas Read more…
National Grid says Met Office collaboration sharpens solar forecasting
National Grid ESO says its collaboration with the Met Office has improved solar forecasting, in turn sharpening the accuracy of national demand forecasts on the transmission system. The project, funded under Ofgem’s Network Innovation Allowance (NIA) programme, began in 2016. UK solar PV generation capacity stands at around 13GW, all connected to the distribution system, Read more…
Lift 6GW offshore wind cap, urges SSE
SSE has urged government to lift the 6GW contracts for difference (CfD) cap on offshore wind, arguing it is inappropriate in the face of the government’s ambition to reach net zero emissions by 2050, enshrined in law last month. In a letter to Beis minister Chris Skidmore, SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said the “scale Read more…
AMP Clean Energy, Limejump, Powervault and Moixa take UKPN flex contracts
UK Power Networks has signed contracts for 18.1MW of flexibility worth £450,000 to companies including AMP Clean Energy, Limejump, Powervault and Moixa to help alleviate constraints on its network. UKPN said in May the auction had been successful, but has now named contract winners. The procurement process was the first commercial scale auction on Piclo’s Read more…
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