Cambridgeshire County Council plans to build co-located solar and battery storage on closed landfill sites and thinks it can make a 25-year net return of more than £45m. The council is progressing plans for a 10MW battery and 2.25MW of PV at the Stanground site. It will use the assets to provide demand-side response services. Read more…
New control desk doubles small flex in Balancing Mechanism, says National Grid
National Grid says the amount of flexibility from small generators, battery storage and demand side response used in the Balancing Mechanism has been boosted by a new ‘distributed resource’ desk launched this week. The desk is designed to deliver faster instructions. While starting from a small base, some 87MWh of bids and offers were accepted Read more…
UK Power Networks puts ‘Big Battery’ up for sale
UK Power Networks has put its ‘Big Battery’ up for sale. The 6MW/10MWh battery was connected at Leighton Buzzard in 2014, as part of an innovation trial. The Smarter Network Storage project looked at how grid scale batteries could deliver ‘stacked’ or multiple commercial services to National Grid while also providing services to help distribution Read more…
Demand-side response: Can suppliers and aggregators collaborate to maximise returns?
Demand-side response aggregators are becoming suppliers and vice versa. Can the two parties also collaborate to help customers maximise the value of their flexibility and where are the biggest prizes? The Energyst asked Flexitricity and Npower for their thoughts Wayne Mitchell, director of Energy HQ at Npower Business Solutions Can parties with competing agendas (aggregators Read more…
Energy networks seek views on smart grid plans
Energy network operators seek views on their smart grid work programme. The Energy Networks Association has outlined a number of consultations and areas of focus for the year ahead as part of its Open Networks project. It wants to know if it is prioritising the right areas in a work programme that will start to Read more…
2019: Time to understand your flexibility
In a new podcast created with The Energyst, Kinect Energy Group outlines charging regime change, the need to unlock flexibility and why businesses should think about EVs now, not later. Businesses that get to grips with flexible energy consumption and take steps to understand the flexibility within their estate will weather incoming change better than Read more…
Hitachi shelves Wylfa new nuclear, writes off billions
Hitachi has shelved plans to build a new nuclear power plant in Anglesea, North Wales. The company said it would post an estimated 300 billion yen (£2.14bn) impairment loss as a result, plus 300 billion in other related losses. Hitachi said it hoped to continue discussing a nuclear power programme with the UK government, but Read more…
Bristol, Devon and Plymouth councils land euromillions for energy projects
Bristol, Devon and Plymouth Councils have a secured a further €1.9m in grant funding from the European Investment Bank and the European Commission to spend on energy projects. The cash comes from the European Local Energy Assistance (ELENA) programme and the councils will use it to fund energy efficiency, renewables, sustainable transport and heat networks Read more…
EVs, smart charging and vehicle-to-grid: Your views required
The Energyst is asking readers for their views on electric vehicles (EVs). We hope to understand how public and private sector organisations perceive EVs, whether they are considering implementing charging infrastructure and to gauge attitudes towards smart charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services. Please take our short survey. Anonymised answers will form part of the research component Read more…
Major utilities join forces to create green finance initiative
Major european energy companies have joined forces to create a sustainable finance forum to drive clean investment. Founder members of the Corporate Forum on Sustainable Finance include EDF Energy, EDP, Enel, Engie, Iberdrola, Orsted, and SSE. The firms will work to try and attract greater levels of investment into clean energy and technology through new financial instruments Read more…
Free webinar: Why does power monitoring matter?
The latest technology developments make this the year to master Data Centre monitoring, says Socomec, and the firm invites readers to join a free webinar enabling them to do just that. Join Socomec at a FREE WEBINAR January 31st at 15.00 to discover The future of Data Centre Power Monitoring. REGISTER HERE. A perennial challenge Read more…
TPI Utility Alliance launches I&C division
Utility Alliance has opened another office and set up an industrial and commercial division. The TPI can now provide energy services across the business-to-business sector. Utility Alliance was set up in Hartlepool in February 2015, initially with six staff, serving the SME and mid-market. Now, with around 250 staff employed from its Hartlepool headquarters in Read more…
New CEO for onshore wind generator Ventient
Mark Jones is the new chief exec at Ventient Energy. The firm was formed in 2017 by the merger of the Zephyr and Infinis Wind portfolios. It operates some 34 onshore wind farms in the UK, totalling almost 690MW. Jones, former boss of wind turbine manufacturer EWT, is tasked with growing Ventient’s portfolio of assets Read more…
Government to change rules for big, co-located energy storage
Government is consulting on changing planning rules for new energy schemes that combine energy storage with other forms of generation. At present, schemes under 50MW go through local planning. Those above 50MW have to go through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime. The department for business, energy and industrial strategy thinks that the 50MW cap Read more…
Smarter consumption, microgrids and PPAs: The answer to volatile energy markets?
Strength and volatility have returned to commodity markets and non-commodity energy bill elements continue to rise. How can businesses navigate an increasingly complex environment? The Energyst asked energy experts. The tail end of 2018 saw several smaller energy suppliers going bust and the Capacity Market suspended. It underlined “how quickly things can change in the Read more…
2019 energy challenges: Experts weigh in
The Energyst asked consultants and suppliers for views on key energy challenges and opportunities facing businesses in the year ahead. In the immediate term, hitting all three Triad periods is a key challenge for businesses, as failure to do so will mean substantially bigger power bills, according to Ben Spry, head of Npower’s risk management Read more…
The Network Edge: Vertiv CEO outlines 2019 data center trends
The Network Edge is on the tip of our tongue as we discuss 2019 data center trends, writes Rob Johnson, chief executive officer at Vertiv. For several years now, Vertiv has undertaken an interesting experiment as we head toward the new year. We have gathered many of our leading experts on the data center space Read more…
Ofgem roasted on smart meters as Beis mulls 2020 deadline
MPs have scolded Ofgem for failing to punish energy suppliers that are not meeting smart meter obligations. Meanwhile, the business and energy department’s public stance on the 2020 deadline may be starting to soften. Questioned by the Beis Select Committee following a critical report by the National Audit Office (NAO), minister Claire Perry said it Read more…
Business energy price rises: Use Pöyry Index to understand future energy costs
Pöyry has launched its Retail Energy Price Index to show industrial and commercial firms how market movements will impact their future energy bills. In a rapidly shifting energy landscape Pöyry has created this index to help businesses plan their future electricity and gas sourcing. The global consultancy will host the service on The Energyst’s website. Read more…
Volkswagen: Carmaker to become energy company
Volkswagen is to launch an energy company. The firm, which recently committed to invest €30bn in electric vehicles over the next five years, will supply clean power as well as smart chargers and plans to provide grid balancing services. The new company will be called Elli, which stands for Electric Life. The world’s largest carmaker Read more…
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