9MW BTM battery goes live at Port of Tilbury
A 9MW behind-the-meter battery is now live at Port of Tilbury.
The storage project, owned by Gore Street Energy Fund, is using Origami’s platform to...
Balancing market forecasting that is ‘more accurate than National Grid’
The energy market has been getting progressively more complex over the past decade with the amount of individual generation units producing power increasing, intermittency...
Fluence: Lithium-ion batteries can deliver six hour grid services
Lithium-ion batteries will soon deliver economically viable daily storage – not just short duration bursts, according to Marek Kubik, market director at Fluence Energy.
Speaking...
Fintan Slye: Inertia is “taken for granted”; it will become much more important
Inertia in the GB power system will become far more valuable according to the head of the system operator, Fintan Slye.
"Inertia will become much...
National Grid launches Mersey reactive power tender
National Grid has launched a tender for reactive power in the Mersey region. The ESO said it is the first time embedded assets have...
Kiwi Power adds 15MW of battery storage, 80MW by year end
Kiwi Power has added 15MW of battery storage to its management portfolio.
The aggregator has signed an optimisation agreement with Gresham House New Energy for...
Mark Davis swaps Total for GridBeyond
Demand-side response and flexibility firm GridBeyond has hired Mark Davis as UK & Ireland director.
Davis was previously head of UK business development for Total...
Free Powervault storage devices
Energy platform Kaluza and storage firm Powervault are offering free home battery storage units for a limited time.
Kaluza, owned by Ovo Group, has struck...
WPD contracts 119MW of flexibility
Western Power Distribution said it has awarded flexibility contracts totalling 119MW following its latest procurement round.
The DNO awarded contracts to 35 participants operating a...
Scottish Power Energy Networks seeks 95MW flex, signs with Piclo
Scottish Power Energy Networks has signed a commercial partnership with flexibility marketplace Piclo in a bid to find 95MW of DSR, storage and generation...
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,...