National Energy System Operator adopts AI solar forecasting to save £30m
Open Climate Fix, a not-for-profit climate-tech organisation, has today announced that Quartz Solar, its AI-powered solar forecasting tool, is now live in the National...
Statera Energy secures financial close for 680MW Carrington storage facility
UK-based, Statera Energy has reached financial close on Carrington Storage, a 680MW / 1360MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) located at the Trafford Low...
Demand flexibility – without it, there’s no net zero
The UK government’s July 2025 Flexibility Roadmap sets out a clear vision: demand-side flexibility will be central to reaching the country’s net zero goals....
Drax Group acquires 260MW 2-hour BESS portfolio
Drax has signed an agreement with Apatura to acquire three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, which when fully commissioned will provide capacity totalling...
National Grid’s Market Gateway hits 200,000 asset milestone
An electric vehicle charger in Bridgend, South Wales, has become the 200,000th asset registered on National Grid’s flexibility market platform (Market Gateway).
This marks a...
New LPG depot in Yorkshire is renewable ready
Northern Energy, a fourth-generation family-owned business delivering over 50 million litres of LPG to its domestic and commercial customers annually, is investing £12 million...
MPs call on Ofgem to tap network companies’ £4bn windfall for energy debt relief
The call for action on consumer energy debt forms part of a series of recommendations in the first part of the Energy Security and...
Greenvolt secures €35 million financing for Danish hybrid project
The Greenvolt Group, through Greenvolt Power, has signed a €35 million project finance agreement with Ringkjøbing Landbobank to finance the construction and operation of...
New Index reveals to UK consumers just how green their electricity really is
Today, the Matched Clean Power Index launches, giving UK consumers the first chance to see exactly how much of their electricity comes from renewables...
Schneider Electric launches battery energy storage solution
Schneider Electric, today announces the launch of its local battery energy storage solution, Schneider Boost Pro, across Europe. The new solution helps both commercial...
Lithium-ion loses innovation lustre while other battery technologies boom
Global innovation investment in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology has fallen for the first time since 2015, according to the latest patent data* reported by...
National Grid DSO: home flexibility hits 100% zero carbon in 2025
Households are leading the way towards an affordable and clean energy future across the Midlands, South West and South Wales, according to recently released...
Industry data failures threaten Ofgem’s biggest reform
As Ofgem’s Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS) migration begins, new analysis from energy data specialist Stark warns that poor data quality across Britain’s metering...
Calculator helps businesses understand rising energy costs
npower Business Solutions (nBS) has launched a new Energy Cost Calculator to help organisations understand how rising non-commodity costs – the policy, network and...
Electron to acquire Rhythmos.io
As electric vehicles (EVs), battery storage systems, and rooftop solar increase across distribution networks, utilities struggle to identify where these resources are located, quantify...
Harnessing wind power with long-duration storage technology
Innovation in energy storage for wind power generation has reached an all-time high according to the latest patent data* reported by Appleyard Lees.
This latest...
GridBeyond and ABB highlight BESS
ABB and GridBeyond have jointly released a new white paper highlighting the role of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and energy optimisation in accelerating the...
R.Power to divest 200MW/400MWh ready-to-build BESS in Romania
R.Power has launched the divestment process of one of its Romanian ready-to-build BESS projects — a 200MW/400MWh facility. The sale is part of the...
Donated solar PV and battery system powers life-saving treatment at frontline hospital in Ukraine
A frontline hospital in northeastern Ukraine is now equipped with a reliable and resilient power supply thanks to a newly installed solar PV and...
New guide highlights full potential of BESS in construction
Aggreko has released a guide for construction managers which demystifies common misconceptions surrounding battery energy storage systems (BESS) and highlights the extent of the...