National Grid buys 3.6GW of back-up power to meet winter demand, DSR tender to...
National Grid has procured some 3.58 GW of back-up power for next winter at a cost of £122.4 million.
The system operator ran the supplemental...
Demand response provider teams with Honeywell, touts for new business
Honeywell and demand response aggregator Pearlstone Energy have announced plans to build a 200MW demand response portfolio within five years. The aggregator will deploy Honeywell's...
Value judgement: Npower talks up transitional capacity market, Flexitricity talks it down
Npower is trying to drum up more interest from retailers in demand response provision ahead of the transitional capacity auction next month. The problem...
Government to consult on DSR in spring, aggregator Open Energi signs big deal
As government confirms it will consult in spring on bringing down the barriers to demand side response (DSR), battery storage and smarter grids, DSR...
40% of firms say they could shift energy use times as National Grid asks...
Some 40% of UK company directors say their business could be more flexible in its shift patterns or when it consumes energy, according to...
Esos, demand response and brokers before the beak: top stories in 2015
Stories about Esos, thin power margins, demand response and energy brokers rapped for poor business practices were the most read articles on the energyst.com...
Energy Technologies Institute: Let private firms lead smartgrid trials
Private companies should be put in charge of energy innovation projects rather than energy network operators, according to the head of the Energy Technologies...
The capacity market Transitional Arrangements: A tradeoff, not a trap
As the first round of demand response capacity auctions close, Enernoc's Pete Holzaepfel argues in this sponsored post that the Transitional Arrangements, while not perfect,...
National Grid buys 475MW of demand response to cover next winter
National Grid has procured almost 803MW of extra power capacity to cover winter 2016/17, when the system is expected to be at its tightest...
Sweet for FA: Government pays Football Association to cut power use
The Football Association is one of 24 organisations that will be paid to permanently reduce electricity demand by the UK government.
The Department of Energy...
Dong Energy enters demand-side response with wind power balancing service
Dong Energy has entered the demand response market with its own wind power balancing tool. It wants large business customers to shift power loads...
Flexitricity launches demand-turn up service to balance excess wind generation
Demand response aggregator Flexitricity will pay firms to use more power when there is excess wind generation on the system. The company today announced...
National Grid boss says businesses not households will deliver smartgrid
Outgoing National Grid boss Steve Holliday believes that businesses will make four times more impact than households on the UK’s transition towards a smarter...
Hot technology: Energy storage via heat battery
A new technology means that it is now possible to store renewable energy for long periods of time.
The Sorrel Heat Battery from Sorrel Technology...
Western Power Distribution ramps up demand response trials, calls for participants
Western Power Distribution is urging companies participating in National Grid’s new demand-side response service to take part in its own parallel demand turn-up trials.
Demand...
Major changes to capacity market and distribution charging regime proposed
The department of energy and climate change (Decc) has outlined sweeping changes to the capacity market, the mechanism intended to ensure the UK has sufficient...
Decc commits to annual plan and to consult on energy storage
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has committed to making energy policy changes more predictable and will set out its intentions a...
UK must prioritise smartgrid says National Infrastructure Commission
Government and regulators must focus on building a smart power system without delay, according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).
A report by the unit,...
A balanced diet: Eat more chips and keep UK’s lights on
A firm in North Yorkshire is helping to balance the national power system using old cooking oil.
Via National Grid's Short Term Operating Reserve (Stor)...