Tesla granted electricity generation licence ahead of VPP push
Tesla Motors has been granted a UK electricity generation licence enabling it to further local ambitions as an energy business.
The electric carmaker is planning...
Invinity sells 1.7MWh new flow storage despite Covid
Invinity Energy Systems, the vanadium flow storage company created by the merger of Avalon and RedT, says it has signed orders for 1.7MWh of...
Zenobe picks EDF to trade 59MW of battery storage
Battery storage developer Zenobe has picked EDF to trade flexibility from 59MW of grid-scale assets.
The utility will optimise three of Zenobe's operational batteries at...
National Grid extends EDF contract to turn down Sizewell B
National Grid has extended the contract it struck with EDF to reduce output from the Sizewell B nuclear station in a bid to keep...
Energy storage: Why UK industry isn’t going with the flow
Flow storage struggles to compete against lithium even in long duration applications, suggests Marek Kubik, market director at Fluence Energy.
The UK hit a new...
Push harder on flexibility and half hourly settlement, firms tell Ofgem
A group of energy and technology companies have urged Ofgem to show “leadership” and expedite market-wide half hourly settlement to unlock flexibility from small...
Ylem attempts to woo TPIs with BTM asset commissions
Ylem Energy is attempting to grow its behind the meter flexible asset business by offering TPIs commissions.
Ylem, which is deploying gas engines and battery...
United Utilities installs 2MW battery alongside solar
United Utilities has installed a 2MW battery alongside solar power at a treatment works in Preston.
The water company said the batteries will improve site...
If we don’t get 10GW of storage fast, EFR prices ‘will look like peanuts’
National Grid's new measures to push power off the system offer a glimpse of the not too distant future: Without greater flexibility, balancing gets...
Power Transition crowdfunds ‘not blockchain’ peer-to-peer energy tech
A software firm is bidding to build local energy markets using distributed ledger technology that it claims is orders of magnitude faster than blockchain.
Power...
PeakGen and Zenobe land nine year reactive power contracts
PeakGen and Zenobe have won £8.7m in contracts to provide reactive power, which helps keep voltage stable, in Mersey.
National Grid said it had picked...
Sunday demand to drop to 13.8GW, National Grid seeks more footroom
National Grid ESO expects demand on the transmission system to hit a new low this weekend and will likely need to call on its...
Flex keeping lights on, study finds
Flexibility providers are succeeding in stabilising grids stressed by depressed power demand and renewables’ intermittency, academics advising biomass giant Drax suggest.
Margins for grid failure...
End of double charging for battery storage: What are the implications?
After Ofgem approved changes to end the issue of ‘double-charging’ for energy storage installations, Smartest Energy head of pricing, Tom Putney, explains the scenario...
DSR can bid for 15-year capacity market agreements
Demand-side response will be able to bid for 15-year capacity market agreements under changes to government’s flagship policy intended to keep the lights on...
Flexitricity to trade 75MWh battery for Gresham House
Aggregator Flexitricity will trade flexibility from Gresham House Energy Storage Fund's biggest battery storage scheme, the 50MW/75MWh Thurcroft development.
The Edinburgh-based firm already has a...
Piclo lands first international flex market deal
Flexibility marketplace provider Piclo has signed terms for its first international trial.
However, it will now work with a consortium led by Eles, Slovenia’s transmission...
Limejump adds Ylem’s 20MW Trafford peaker to virtual power plant
Shell-owned Limejump has added Ylem's new 20MW Trafford gas peaker to its virtual power plant.
Despite challenges due to coronavirus restrictions, Ylem commissioned the engines...
WPD steps up community flex, will disclose carbon of sources used
Western Power Distribution has pledged to work more closely with local authorities and community groups in a bid to unlock flexibility and enable net...
Electron: local energy markets will solve demand-supply issues
Local energy markets are required to solve challenges on the national power system, according to energy technology company Electron.
National Grid ESO is working on...