National Grid to bring wind and solar into FFR, details balancing services overhaul
National Grid is working with platform providers in a bid to allow non-dispatchable sources of generation such as wind and solar into frequency response.
The...
Free storage and decentralised energy seminar, Birmingham 17 January
On Wednesday, 17 January 2018, Powerstar is hosting a free energy seminar aimed at businesses interested in the UK’s current and future energy landscape....
Smart grid firm Upside Energy raises £5.5m funding
Smart grid firm Upside Energy has raised £5.5m from Legal & General's investment arm and investment and advisory company Systemiq.
Upside Energy has developed a cloud-based...
Capacity market targets cut
The amount of power to be procured via the capacity market for next winter is set to be cut by almost a fifth, from...
VLC Energy connects 50MW battery storage portfolio
VLC Energy has connected 50MW of battery storage.
The firm, a joint venture between developer Low Carbon and VPI Immingham, has two main sites: the...
Engie and Macquarie invest £3m in EV battery storage firm
Engie and Macquarie Group have invested £3m in Connected Energy, a firm which uses spent battery packs from electric vehicles to create on-site energy...
Battery storage firm BESS lands £28.5m to build 100MW portfolio
Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) has secured £28.5 million in project finance funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.
The firm will use the money to...
Councils urged to take-up unused electric vehicle charging funds
Government has urged councils to take up £4.5m for electric vehicle chargers that appears to be going begging.
The scheme launched in 2016. It enables...
Farmers offered grants for 40% of cost of battery storage systems
Farmers are being offered government grants that enable them to claim up to 40% of the cost of a battery storage system.
They can also...
Western Power Distribution to launch flexibility tenders across all networks in 2019
Western Power Distribution will launch flexibility across all of its network areas next year.
The distribution network operator (DNO) has updated its distribution system operator...
Smartest Energy to manage Enel’s 25MW Tynemouth battery
Smartest Energy is to provide commercial services for Enel's 25MW battery in Tynemouth.
The Italian utility acquired the project last May from developer Element Power,...
UK Power Networks and Open Utility to trial local flexibility platform
UK Power Networks will work with energy platform provider Open Utility on a local flexibility trial.
The two aim to simplify the procurement and bidding...
Japan’s biggest utility invests in UK blockchain firm Electron
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) has invested in energy blockchain firm, Electron.
UK-based Electron is building switching and flexibility platforms using blockchain technology and...
Aurora: Electric vehicles won’t require new power stations
The UK will not necessarily need to build new power stations even if a third of the cars on the road are electric, according...
Northern Powergrid begins network digitisation, plans flexibility tender
Northern Powergrid will spend £83m digitising and upgrading its network to create a smart grid backbone. Meanwhile the company will be ready to launch a...
Green light for £7m vehicle-to-grid battery storage project
A consortium has secured £3m funding to see how electric vehicles can deliver demand-side response and battery storage. The aim is to work out...
MCPD: Defra confirms new emissions laws that will shake-up demand-side response market
Government has passed laws that will preclude back-up generators from providing demand-side response (DSR) without fitting abatement measures and force diesel plant operators to...
Smart grid firm Moixa lands £5m investment, set to become big in Japan
Smart grid company Moixa has signed a strategic partnership with Itochu Corporation to take its Gridshare platform to Japan. Itochu will also invest £5m...
Capacity market clears at £6
The T-1 capacity market auction for delivery next winter has cleared at £6 per kilowatt.
The low price reflects the high level of capacity, 10.7GW,...
Energy suppliers, network operators and aggregators join Electron to develop trading platform
Blockchain firm Electron has created a coalition of the willing to develop its trading platform for energy flexibility.
Baringa, EDF Energy, Flexitricity, KiWi Power, Northern...