Scottish Power tenders for 900MW of flexibility
Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) has launched its biggest ever call for flexibility services at 40 locations across the UK. The 900MW call sends...
Flow storage as a service: EDF’s Pivot Power inks 10-year vanadium electrolyte rental
EDF-owned Pivot Power has signed a 10-year rental agreement for the flow storage component of the Oxford Superhub, a major smart cities project delivering...
Social Energy lands week-ahead FFR contract via domestic batteries
Social Energy has won a contact to provide firm frequency response (FFR) to National Grid ESO via its weekly auction using entirely domestic batteries.
The...
Thurrock Power: RWE throws spanner in works for UK’s biggest hybrid battery plant
RWE has taken issue with Statera’s plans for a 750MW hybrid flexible power plant at Thurrock, adjacent to its former Tilbury power station.
The firm...
Gresham House eyes dynamic containment, availability payments to make battery storage “mainstream”
Gresham House Energy Storage thinks new services being brought to market by National Grid could enable battery storage to go mainstream.
The fund now has...
SSE enters DSR market, woos I&C businesses and local authorities
SSE Enterprise is stepping up its push to bring industrial and commercial firms into flexibility markets and ancillary services with the formal launch of...
National Grid aims to replace Sizewell footroom with small generators
When its multimillion pound contract with EDF comes to an end, National Grid ESO aims to work with smaller generators, including wind and solar...
Summer balancing costs £718m and counting, Ofgem mulls what to do
The UK has incurred record power system balancing costs this summer as a result of Covid lockdowns and subsequent demand destruction.
Ofgem is now preparing...
A year since the last blackout, National Grid tells small generators to act
A year since the UK’s last major blackout, National Grid ESO is urging small generators to complete work so that they are less prone...
South Somerset council now live with 30MW of battery storage
The final 5MW of battery storage at South Somerset District Council’s (SSDC) Fideoak Mill site in Taunton is now live, taking it to 30MW.
The...
Future Energy Scenarios: National Grid models big increases in DSR and its value
National Grid modelling suggests the volume of 'pure' demand-side response could double within two to three years as the value of flexibility sharply increases.
The...
Suffolk Council combines second-life battery system with solar and EV chargers
Suffolk County Council is adding second-life EV batteries to a low carbon energy system at the University of Suffolk’s Ipswich campus.
A new facility called...
Bigger batteries: Government lifts planning cap
Government has confirmed that batteries are exempt from the national planning regime.
To date, developers have capped schemes at 49.9MW to avoid going through the...
WPD seeks another 45MW of flex, plus demand turn up
Western Power Distribution is seeking a further 44.55MW of flex and needs providers in five new locations.
In one location, at Hawton, Nottinghamshire, the DNO...
Gresham House Energy Storage launches ‘grid bonds’ to buy more batteries
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund is aiming to raise an initial £15m to buy more grid scale battery storage.
The fund has an operational storage...
Statkraft and GE team up on inertia tech to keep grid stable
Statkraft has inked a contract with GE that will enable it to help keep the grid stable by providing inertia via a large spinning...
Ofgem tells DNOs to get on with 1MW+ asset register and plan for national...
Distribution network operators must compile a database of all assets connected to their networks above 1MW – and make them publicly available after Ofgem...
Gresham House spends £20m on Arenko’s 41MW Bloxwich battery
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has completed the 41MW Bloxwich battery storage facility acquisition from Arenko, taking its operational portfolio to 215MW.
Commissioned 12 months...
Demand hits new low, Grid deals with it
Demand on the transmission system hit 13.4GW, a new low last weekend, but National Grid ESO managed without calling on its new footroom service.
"The...
My work here is done: Limejump CEO Erik Nygard exits
Limejump CEO Erik Nygard will leave the aggregator in September with new COO Catherine Newman to take the reins on an interim basis.
Nygard led...