Statkraft plans 2GW UK virtual power plant
Statkraft has disclosed that its UK virtual power plant (VPP) capacity has reached a gigawatt. The Norwegian state-owned company plans to double that capacity...
Domestic demand-side response: £8.6m competition winners announced
Thirteen projects aiming to unlock domestic demand-side response from hot water tanks, home storage systems, car batteries, heat pumps and rooftop solar have been...
UK’s smart grid design: Your views required
The Energy Networks Association seeks views on how to design a GB smart grid. It has published a Baringa Partners impact assessment of the five...
Tempus launches fresh Capacity Market action, goes after the money
Tempus has launched legal action intended to force the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to cancel a planned Capacity Market auction...
Opinion: Time to do energy storage properly
Industry is starting to realise single purpose 'disposable' batteries are sub-optimal, believes redT CEO Scott McGregor
The Capacity Market is suspended and under review, the...
DSR providers urge National Grid to go faster, Ofgem to go slower
There is a near-term risk that more demand-side response (DSR) providers could exit the market than enter, with firms urging National Grid to increase...
Terre and BM: Elexon opens market entry process for aggregators
Elexon has opened the market entry process for aggregators that want to play in the balancing market without a supply licence as well as...
Ovo aims to unlock 12GW of flex from domestic storage heaters
Energy company Ovo, recipient of a £216m investment from Mitsubishi Corporation, plans to unlock the flexibility of the UK’s 1.7 million homes with electric...
Shell buys DSR aggregator Limejump
Shell is to buy virtual power plant firm Limejump. The move follows Shell's recent acquisition of home battery storage firm Sonnen.
Shell, which sells energy directly...
Drax CEO: Increasing volatility will boost value of flexibility
The value of flexible power assets will increase, according to Drax CEO Will Gardiner.
“Given the structural shift in UK generation towards intermittent renewables we...
UK Power Networks budgets £12m for DSR, reduces entry size to 50kW
UK Power Networks has allocated £12 million to buy demand-side response to help manage its grids in southeast and east England.
The DNO has also extended...
Centrica eyes gigawatts of household solar and storage
Centrica hopes to tap domestic flexibility by targeting households with solar power, selling them battery storage and heat pumps and tying it all together...
WPD tenders for 93MW of demand-side response
Western Power Distribution (WPD) plans to procure 93.4MW of flexible power, or demand-side response (DSR) across 12 zones for delivery this year and next.
The...
Good Energy steps up b2b battery storage push
Good Energy aims to increase battery storage activity with commercial customers. The renewable energy supplier has signed Belectric and Powerstar as framework partners.
The company,...
Beis launches funding competition for big energy storage and small flex markets
The department for business, energy and industrial strategy (Beis) is inviting bids for millions of pounds in grant funding to support development of large...
SSE Networks to bring households into demand-side response this summer
Scottish and Southern Energy Networks aims to bring households and communities into demand-side response and hopes to start procuring services this summer.
The move follows...
Haven Power and GridBeyond ink DSR deal, target I&C flexibility
Business energy supplier Haven Power has struck a demand-side response deal with GridBeyond.
The two will work to unlock flexibility within Haven’s customer-base, bidding flexible...
Centrica sharpens EV focus
Centrica says it has created a dedicated electric vehicles team to operate across its business and consumer divisions.
The company previously had an EV Services...
Octopus Investments backs IDNO Eclipse Power
Octopus Investments will provide multimillion pound backing to independent distribution network operator Eclipse Power. The firm will use the money to expand its operation...
Small generator discount will run to 2021 in ‘final’ extension
Ofgem has confirmed it will extend the ‘small generator discount’ to 31 March 2021. It had been due to expire March 2019.
The discount given...