Western Power debuts ‘first of a kind’ flex marketplace for smaller assets
Britain’s biggest distributed network operator today reaches out to small owners of storage assets, launching its platform to trade flex capacity and set prices...
Cambridge Power at Brookfield’s gate, bullish on solar & 800MW of batteries
Cambridge Power Limited has signed a deal with one of the world's biggest operators of clean energy plant to develop power and battery energy...
JCG doubles investment in Highview Power’s energy storage technology
Janus Continental Group (JCG), a conglomerate with businesses in the Energy, Hospitality and Real Estate sectors across three continents, has announced that it has made a...
National Grid says it can go 100% renewables by 2025
National Grid ESO believes it will be able to operate the power system with 100% renewable power - for periods at least - by...
Eelpower and Habitat agree optimisation deal for 100MW of storage
Energy storage firm Eelpower has signed a three-year deal for battery optimisation with Habitat Energy, covering two 50MW storage projects.
Due for location at Fordtown...
Ofgem bids to equal up licence terms for restoration and balancing
Licence changes are now being sought by Ofgem, aimed at raising standards for grid restoration services to the level of norms which already govern...
Big battery pipeline “at all time high”, RenewableUK records
Britain’s ballooning pipeline of grid-scale storage projects has doubled in just twelve months to a total of 32.1GW, new figures from RenewableUK have revealed.
Utility-scale...
National Grid: Two generators cause big frequency drop
Two generators tripping caused the biggest frequency drop for years, with widespread power outages as National Grid's systems disconnected demand in order to limit...
“Knowing storage, knowing you, a-Ha!” North Norfolk to host digital solution
The fund is set to plug 6MW/12 MWh of storage into one of its 91 UK solar parks, this one deep in the heritage...
Statera Energy reaches Financial Close on £395 million debt financing platform for Thurrock Flexible...
Statera Energy, the UK-based energy storage and flexible generation developer and operator, has secured a total of £395 million of debt financing for its...
Black & Veatch appointed as Owner’s Engineer for Eccles Battery Storage Project in Scotland
Black & Veatch, a Glasgow based energy, procurement and engineering company has been appointed by Matrix Renewables as Owner’s Engineer for a major Battery...
Hadrian’s wally: B6 boundary implicated in <£1 Bn curtailment waste, says battery firm
Faster deployment of grid-scale proven battery technology could spare Britain’s power consumers over £730 million in curtailment fees wasted annually in temporarily disconnecting Scotland’s...
Alpiq sells Flexitricity for £15m
Swiss utility Alpiq has sold aggregator Flexitricity to Reserve Power Holdings in a share sale agreement worth around £15m.
The Edinburgh-based firm, one of the...
600MWh: Statera plans UK’s biggest battery at Thurrock
Statera-owned Thurrock Power is planning to build the UK’s largest battery as part of a hybrid 750MW power plant.
According to documents lodged with the...
Tesla granted electricity generation licence ahead of VPP push
Tesla Motors has been granted a UK electricity generation licence enabling it to further local ambitions as an energy business.
The electric carmaker is planning...
Capacity market clears at £6.44, lowest yet
The latest capacity market (CM) auction for delivery over winter 2022/23 has cleared at £6.44 per kilowatt per year, the lowest outturn since the...
“Watershed for affordability“, as Ofgem’s P415 opens up wholesale power market to flex providers
Ofgem is seeking dramatically to increase the number of energy market participants offering flexibility services, as a route to balancing power supplies and getting...
Zenobē powers up a world first solution and Europe’s biggest battery at Blackhillock, Scotland
Zenobē, the UK’s leading owner and operator of grid-scale batteries on the GB transmission network, has announced that Europe’s largest battery site, located in...
China to build ‘Europe’s largest battery storage scheme’ in Wiltshire
China Huaneng Group is set to complete what it claims will be Europe's largest battery storage facility by the end of 2020 in Wiltshire.
The...
National Grid awards eight more ‘black start’ contracts
National Grid ESO has awarded contracts to eight further providers for Electricity System Restoration Services (ESRS) in the North west, North east and Scotland....