SmartestEnergy US partners with GridBeyond in Texas

SmartestEnergy US, part of a global energy company helping businesses navigate the energy transition, has selected GridBeyond, a global smart energy company, as its...

Root-Power wins planning appeal for 50MW BESS in Wakefield

Root-Power, a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) specialist and part of the YLEM Group, has today announced it has successfully appealed a refusal decision...

How compliance expectations will change the UK battery supply chain

2026 is set to be a pivotal year for the UK battery industry. Much of the regulatory momentum is coming from Europe, but the...

Sale of Grain LNG completes

Today, Grain LNG, the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Europe, has formally transitioned to new ownership, following the completion of its £1.5bn...

Electric Miles surpasses 11,000 flexibility dispatches across UK DSOs

Working with SP Energy Networks (SPEN), UK Power Networks (UKPN), National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), and Northern Powergrid, Electric Miles, a leading EV smart...

Breakthrough for flexibility provision as rule change goes live

A breakthrough for flexibility provision has been made today, 27 November. Elexon has removed the requirement for consumers to be half-hourly settled before independent...

Businesses underestimating the scale of rising non-commodity charges

npower Business Solutions (nBS) has released new findings from its Energy Cost Calculator, showing that businesses could be facing far sharper increases in non-commodity energy...

ep Group and GridBeyond sign partnership agreement to optimise 50MW battery in North Baddesley

ep Group, a UK energy transition company, and smart energy company GridBeyond are announcing a partnership agreement to deliver an AI-powered optimisation programme for...

🎧 From Barriers to benefits: The case for flexibility

In this episode of Talking Power, brought to you in partnership with EDF and The Energyst, we dive into one of the most talked...

Flexibility software to increase grid capacity for DSOs

Siemens has launched Gridscale X Flexibility Manager to empower distribution system operators (DSOs) to maximise the use of existing grid capacity and accelerate grid...

Distribution of capacity misaligned with development needs

Savills Earth analysis reveals shifting grid headroom in the UK grid creates opportunities and constraints for development, with the demand for connections outpacing the...

Protect and grow margin amidst ‘historic’ market volatility

Gorilla, an award-winning energy data and decisioning platform, has today announced the launch of Energy Margin Intelligence, a new software category to help providers...

Energy storage in Ireland to fully participate in energy trading

Ireland’s energy market is undergoing a major transformation through the Scheduling and Dispatch Programme (SDP). This initiative, led by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs), aims...

Highview long duration storage surpasses £500m in funding

Highview has secured £130 million in funding to commence work on the first stage of its planned 3.2GWh hybrid long-duration energy storage solution in...

Reactive Technologies and NESO expand partnership with GB-wide oscillation monitoring

Reactive Technologies (RTL) and National Energy System Operator (NESO) have partnered to deploy live oscillation detection and monitoring in Great Britain’s electricity control room,...

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...