Foodservice firm takes 3.75MW of battery storage from Anesco
Devon-based wholesaler, Philip Dennis Foodservice, is using three battery storage units from Anesco to maximise on-site generation, cut carbon and grid charges, and earn...
Your DSR Questions: Answered
The Energyst’s DSR Event is an opportunity to acknowledge the growing interest in demand-side response (DSR) as part of a holistic energy management strategy....
National Grid calls for Local Authorities to engage in DSR
National Grid invites Local Authorities interested in providing demand-side response to a workshop in Birmingham on 26th September, and outlines why they should attend.
Power...
Flow storage firm RedT lands place on £300m NHS framework
Flow storage company RedT has earned a place on Essentia's battery storage framework. It means the firm has the green light to supply its...
National Grid to trial same day frequency response auction
National Grid is to trial same day frequency response procurement from June 2019.
The two year trial is “for a small volume of frequency response”...
DSR and battery storage: Final free tickets for the DSR Event, London, 13th September
If you are interested in demand-side response and battery storage, be sure to register for your free place at the DSR Event, Thursday 13th...
Battery storage makes unsubsidised solar stack up for Kingfisher
Kingfisher will this month start using solar and battery storage to provide grid services. While making money from helping to balance the grid is...
Firms invited to bid for £90m to help build UK smart grid
Companies are invited to submit proposals to help energy network firms build a smarter grid.
Energy networks are allowed to experiment with smarter approaches to...
BTM battery storage: Resilience trumps grid revenues?
When it comes to behind the meter battery storage, a share of grid services or arbitrage revenues is almost irrelevant for some industrial and...
UK Power Networks eyes 200MW+ of demand-side response, outlines tender plans
UK Power Networks said it could require in excess of 200MW of demand-side response to defer load-related reinforcement by 2023 and has outlined plans...
Anglian Water takes 300kWh of RedT’s flow storage, plans 30MW of solar
Anglian Water is to buy flow storage units from RedT to co-locate with solar PV at a treatment works. The water firm aims to...
Ofgem rejects UK Power Reserve’s bid for change in balancing services
Ofgem has rejected a call from UK Power Reserve to change balancing services rules.
The peaking plant firm, now owned by Sembcorp, wanted to stop...
Limejump now trading flex in Balancing Mechanism
Limejump has entered the UK Balancing Mechanism, a real-time market for flexibility.
The firm, which has a supply licence, will now compete with other licenced...
National Grid outlines roadmap to bring all flex providers into Balancing Mechanism
National Grid has published a roadmap to enable all those with flexibility to sell it into the Balancing Mechanism, a key tool in balancing...
Northern Powergrid starts vehicle-to-grid trial, plans to electrify fleet
Northern Powergrid will start installing vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers at its premises this month as part of a V2G fleet trial.
The company plans to start...
Government seeks views on bringing renewables into 2019/20 capacity auction
Government wants views on how to bring unsubsidised renewables and hybrid projects into the Capacity Market (CM).
If workable solutions can be found, it aims...
Sky’s the limit for DSR revenues?
Is demand-side response an attractive proposition and are mission critical sites now coming on board?
Demand-side response is becoming more critical as a method to...
Centrica buys stake in Israeli smart EV charging firm, eyes vehicle-to-grid services
Centrica has invested in Israeli smart charging firm Driivz to position itself for increased take-up of electric vehicles and the revenue opportunities they present...
New world order: Five options for UK and Ireland smart grid design
The Energy Networks Association is consulting on how to design a smarter, more flexible grid that harnesses distributed energy and flexibility in order better...
Survey: Revenue and regulatory risk remain key challenges for BTM battery storage
Around two thirds of public and private sector organisations polled by The Energyst say they are considering battery storage, but the vast majority cite...