UK’s largest battery ready to balance the grid
Edinburgh based Flexitricity is optimising the Gresham House c.50MW / 75MWh battery, located in Thurcroft, South Yorkshire, generating revenue for the site while helping...
Join us for Energy Flexibility Week
Join us for Energy Flexibility Week, brought to you by The Energyst. A series of morning webinar sessions that will take place from Tuesday...
Highview Power begins work on long duration liquid air energy storage facility in Manchester
Highview Power in partnership with Carlton Power, announced today that it is beginning the execution process on a 50 MW liquid air energy storage...
Ofgem complains about ESO’s delay in implementing TERRE in the UK
On 4 September 2020, the ESO published an update stating that go-live for TERRE will not be achieved before early December at the earliest. In...
First of its kind tender sees Black Start contracts awarded in South West &...
National Grid ESO has announced contracts with six providers for Black Start services in the South West and Midlands, the result of a new...
Europe losing global energy storage battle as US and China race ahead
Europe is set to lose the global energy storage race unless government auctions begin to incentivise flexible power, according to research from Wood Mackenzie.
“Europe’s...
Cornwall flexible energy trials prove success
Centrica has completed its Cornwall Local Energy Market (LEM) trial which saw over 200 homes and businesses trading stored renewable electricity.
Electric vehicles, smart hot...
Panasonic, Equinor and Hydro to explore potential for European battery business
Technology company Panasonic, energy company Equinor and industrial group Hydro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership to explore...
Flexibility week webinar recordings now available
Thank you to all our presenters, partners; EDF, NODES, UKPN & National Grid ESO and to everyone that tuned in and made Flexibility Week...
InterGen gains consent to build one of the world’s largest battery projects in Essex
InterGen has been granted consent by BEIS to deliver one of the world’s largest battery storage project on the banks of the Thames in...
Northern Powergrid launches new search for Flexibility Services providers
Expressions of interests invited from large energy users, distributed generators, aggregators and other providers of flexibility services.
Generators of electricity, businesses that consume a lot...
UK Power Networks named world leader in Smart Grids
UK Power Networks has been ranked number one in the Smart Grid Index. Singapore-based SP Group, which produces the annual Smart Grid Index, placed UK Power...
Centrica Business Solutions set to optimise 10MW Eelpower battery
Eelpower has started a seven-year contract with Centrica Business Solutions for the optimisation of its battery storage plant at Leverton near Lincoln, UK.
The 10MW...
Fuel cell collaboration progresses to mass production, with an initial 200MW capacity in 2024
One intended application of SOFC technology is in small, distributed, connectivity-enabled power stations, which can then be used in cities, factories, trade and commerce,...
Construction of world’s largest grid-scale ultracapacitor
Reactive Technologies has signed a contract with Spanish technology group Ingeteam for the construction of a 5MW ultracapacitor to enable National Grid ESO to...
Britishvolt picks Northumberland site for UK’s first EV battery gigaplant
Britishvolt has selected a site in the North East of England to build the UK’s first EV battery gigaplant.
The lithium-ion battery technology company has acquired...
Manufacturing commences at the ITM Power Gigafactory
ITM Power, an energy storage and clean fuel company, announces an update on the fit out and opening of the Company's first Gigafactory at...
Additional 20GWh of battery storage could cut wasted wind power by 50%
Analysis from LCP’s Energy Analytics team highlights how rapidly scaling up battery storage capacity in Great Britain is key to avoiding large volumes of...
Positive start to the year for Habitat energy as it optimises a fourth Gresham...
Habitat Energy is now optimising Gresham House's 22MWh Lockleaze battery in the Dynamic Containment and wholesale markets. This is the fourth battery of Gresham House...
Britishvolt in technology collaboration with Siemens
Britishvolt has signed an agreement with Siemens to help speed up the development and production of lithium-ion batteries at its new gigaplant.
The collaboration will...