Flow storage firm Red T plans merger with Avalon Battery Corporation
Energy storage firm Red T says its proposed merger with California-based Avalon Battery Corp will create the world's largest flow storage company.
If approved, the...
Capacity Market: Sara Bell on what happens next
Tempus Energy CEO Sara Bell says companies that hold Capacity Market agreements will know whether or not they will get paid before the year-end.
The...
Gresham House hires EDF to optimise 24MW of flex
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has hired EDF Energy to trade flexible power from 20MW of batteries and 4MW of peaking plant in wholesale...
Ofgem: DNOs must make progress with flexibility this year
Ofgem has urged distribution network operators (DNOs) to step up efforts to embed flexibility services within day-to-day operations.
Speaking at National Grid ESO’s Power Responsive...
Japan’s Sumitomo invests £36m in cryogenic storage firm Highview Power
Liquid air energy storage firm Highview Power has landed a $46m (£35.6m) investment from Japanese manufacturing giant Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
Lancashire-based Highview has been seeking funds...
ENA gets closer to standardised flex contract as DNOs eye 2GW
Distribution network operators are getting closer to a standardised way of buying flexibility in what could be a breakthrough year.
After much legal legwork, industry...
Flexitricity marks a first in balancing mechanism with battery trade
Flexitricity has become the first aggregator to trade in the balancing mechanism as a virtual lead party - a key change implemented by National...
Demand-side response: Give us your views
National Grid is attempting to rapidly increase the amount of grid balancing services it procures from businesses. But there are many real and perceived...
Battery storage: Positive outlook?
Costs are falling but batteries are still expensive. Bankable revenues are hard to come by and developers want more routes to market. But others...
Energy storage ‘will wipe out battery storage’
There are quick bucks to be made from battery storage. But in three or four years, many assets will be in the bin, reckons...
Medium Combustion Plant Directive takes back-up generators out of DSR
New emissions regulation will prevent thermal back-up generators from participating in demand-side response (DSR).
Defra laid draft Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) legislation this week....
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...
Statkraft to optimise revenues for 6MW battery in Dorking
Norway's Statkraft will optimise a 6MW/6MWh battery in Dorking for Grid Battery Storage Limited (GBSL), trading its output and managing firm frequency response services.
The...
ESB buys 7MWh battery storage site from Anesco as developer shifts model
Irish utility ESB has acquired a 7MWh battery storage facility from Anesco.
The Mill Farm development in Lincolnshire went live in April.
“The site will enable...
Anesco’s Steve Shine: Battery storage isn’t ‘merchant risk’, it’s just merchant
Anesco plans to keep more of its battery assets to fund new projects “because the returns we are seeing are good”, according to executive chairman...
Gridbeyond chief: Triad avoidance may go by 2022, but flexible firms will only gain
Triad avoidance may cease to exist by 2022, according to Gridbeyond chief executive Michael Phelan.
The head of the flexibility provider, formerly known as Endeco,...
Tempus Energy wins European Court case over Capacity Market bias towards generation over DSR
A court ruling over the Capacity Market could pave the way for a significant overhaul of the policy – and level the playing field...
Engie acquires major stake in DSR aggregator Kiwi Power
Engie has acquired a major stake in Kiwi Power, buying out founders Yoav Zingher and Ziko Abram.
The French-owned utility acquired a share in 2015...
UK Power Networks budgets £12m for DSR, reduces entry size to 50kW
UK Power Networks has allocated £12 million to buy demand-side response to help manage its grids in southeast and east England.
The DNO has also extended...
Shell buys DSR aggregator Limejump
Shell is to buy virtual power plant firm Limejump. The move follows Shell's recent acquisition of home battery storage firm Sonnen.
Shell, which sells energy directly...