National Grid DSO moves to day-ahead flexibility procurement

National Grid Distribution System Operator (DSO) has announced it will transition its short-term flexibility procurement from a week-ahead to a day-ahead tender process from 31st March,...

WEG streamlines gear selection with new digital tool

WEG, a global manufacturer of industrial automation, gearboxes, motors and drives has launched Gear ProSelect, a digital tool designed to simplify and standardise the...

Levelise launches open calculator tool to accurately model UK solar and battery returns 

Levelise has launched the Levelise Calculator, a free, open-source tool designed to help installers, energy managers, and system designers accurately model the financial performance of battery storage...

New Bridge Street retrofit wins consent with reworked plans

Planning permission has been granted for a reworked deep-retrofit scheme at 10 New Bridge Street in the City of London, after national planning and...

Pollybell Farm and Flogas announce strategic partnership to deliver a low-carbon alternative to LPG

Pollybell Farms and Flogas Britain have announced a strategic partnership to address one of the UK’s most pressing decarbonisation challenges: how to provide low-carbon,...

Trina Storage celebrates 6GWh of storage projects in Europe

Trina Storage has secured over 65 projects in Europe since its first contract was signed in December 2020, with over 30 of these being...

Licensing rush risks locking out small flex innovators, warn industry bodies

Proposals to introduce statutory licensing for domestic and microbusiness flexibility services risk being rushed through in just 12 months, potentially squeezing out smaller innovators...

Tolling agreement for 200MW of BESS

Drax has signed a tolling agreement with Zenobē Coalburn (an independent Battery Energy Storage Systems developer), for 200MW (800MWh) of new BESS capacity. Drax Group...

Mind the spark gap: Britain risks falling behind in electric transition despite record clean...

The UK is at risk of slipping behind other major economies in the shift to electric heating and transport, as new analysis shows Britain...

Battery storage costs hit record lows as other clean power technologies Increased

Clean power costs sent mixed signals in 2025. According to BloombergNEF’s Levelized Cost of Electricity 2026 report, the cost of battery storage projects...

EDF reaches landmark 2GW operational capacity as it plugs in its 50th site

EDF power solutions UK has energised one of Greater Manchester’s first large-scale battery energy storage facilities – pushing its total UK clean energy and...

Removing barriers to industrial flexibility could save millions in energy transition costs

New research from Cornwall Insight highlights that Great Britain (GB) has a significant opportunity to tap into a global energy flexibility market worth up...

Low-carbon heating meets smart networks to deliver energy flexibility

UK Power Networks’ Distribution System Operator (DSO) is bringing heat pumps into its flexibility market, giving households new incentives to support a cleaner, smarter...

Trane launches BESS offering for reliable off-grid power

Trane launched its new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) rental offering, now available across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) as well as...

National Grid DSO launch new interactive FlexPortal

National Grid’s Distribution System Operator (DSO) has launched a new interactive tool that allows stakeholders to explore flexibility activities and tender outcomes in detail. The newly launched FlexPortal enables stakeholders...

National Grid completes overhead line upgrade between Harker and the Scottish border

National Grid has completed work to upgrade overhead electricity transmission lines north of its Harker substation near Carlisle, strengthening a key cross‑border link that...

‘Welsh basket’ weaves flexibility into Wales’ energy plan

Welsh authorities will have new tools to lower overheads and reduce carbon emissions after agreeing a new shared energy procurement strategy. LASER Energy has worked...

Engineers probe the potential of wireless power distribution

The benefits of distributing electricity without wires will be explored in a ground-breaking new innovation project launched by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) and Space Solar. The...

GB market leads in flexibility but faces integration challenges

Great Britain continues to lead Europe in local flexibility but risks falling behind on wider market integration, according to the latest Flexibility Market Monitor from LCP...

Pulse Clean Energy activates 30MW battery storage project in Lancashire

Pulse Clean Energy today announces that its 30MW / 60MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), located in Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lancashire, is now operational. Town Lane...