EDF chief: Networks will need massive investment
Energy networks will require major investment in resilience and flexibility to hit net zero according to EDF president and CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy.
“Creating a carbon-free...
Project Terre: What’s it worth?
Wider access to the Balancing Mechanism and the launch of the European replacement reserve market (Terre), will provide new routes to market for demand-side...
RedT says new funds by Christmas or it will cease trading
Vanadium flow storage firm "confident" in securing funds and touts "strong" strategic investor in the wings, but warns clock is ticking.
Flow storage company RedT...
Severn Trent: DSR payback is good and we’re going to do more
Severn Trent Water has engaged in DSR via two aggregators for the last three years. Now it plans to ramp up its activity –...
Do we need a separate pricing structure for load DSR?
Enel X strategic energy solutions manager, Eric Bakken, on the future of flexibility - and whether an incentive for non-generation forms of demand-side response...
Energy storage and flexibility: key to resilience in uncertain times?
While a UPS is sufficient to deal with short-term power failures, the installation of a behind-meter-battery could deliver far greater value to mission critical...
Gresham House hires EDF to optimise 24MW of flex
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has hired EDF Energy to trade flexible power from 20MW of batteries and 4MW of peaking plant in wholesale...
UK Power Networks: We’ll give flexibility every chance before reinforcement
UK Power Networks has begun procuring flexibility to manage winter peak type constraints. But head of smart grid development, Sotiris Georgiopoulos, says flex will...
EDF Energy: Flexibility ‘the key to Net Zero’
Flexibility should be framed as a key component in delivering Net Zero, according to Vincent de Rul, director of energy solutions at EDF Energy.
“If...
Open Energi and Zenobe tag team 12MWh Tesla battery
Flexibility aggregator Open Energi and storage operator Zenobe Energy have struck a deal to trade output from a 9.8MW/12MWh Tesla battery at Hill Farm,...
New CEO for DSR aggregator Kiwi
Jay Zoellner is the new CEO at demand-side response aggregator Kiwi Power.
Kiwi was founded by Yoav Zingher and Ziko Abram in 2009. The two...
Demand-side response: Water firms, retailers, industrials give their verdict
Firms helping to balance the power system via demand-side response (DSR) say they could provide significantly more flexibility – given sufficient reward and revenue...
National Grid sheds light on blackout, response and protection
National Grid’s report into the 9 August blackout has shed further light on the causes of the frequency drop.
The electricity system operator has also...
Battery storage: Balancing risk and reward
Andy Lowe, Head of Business Development at Flexitricity discusses the emerging battery storage opportunity as the UK transitions towards a low-carbon economy. As the development...
Final call for DSR Event 11 September, London: Secure your seat
Don’t miss the free Demand-Side Response Event, 11 September, London
The energy system is changing. Passive consumption of power will become more expensive as the...
Do DSR providers want 15-year Capacity Market contracts? We asked them
A straw poll of 'end user' demand-side response providers suggests that the majority would at least consider bidding for 15-year contracts within the Capacity...
Demand-side response: Charging reform ‘key to unlocking DNO flex’
In attempting to create flexibility markets, distribution network operators are doing what is in their power, says Graham Oakes, former chief scientist and co-founder...
Energy managers: We need your views on flexibility and battery storage
The Energyst is seeking views on demand-side response and battery storage.
Our 2019 DSR survey forms the research component of our annual DSR and storage...
Blackouts: What happened and what are the implications?
Last Friday’s demand disconnection event or blackout was the result of a relatively rare event with two large power generation units disconnecting from the...
Six in ten DSR providers could do more – at right price
Six in ten demand-side response providers could sell more flexibility to National Grid to help keep the system stable – if the price is...