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Panasonic, Equinor and Hydro to explore potential for European battery business
Technology company Panasonic, energy company Equinor and industrial group Hydro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership to explore...
Cornwall flexible energy trials prove success
Centrica has completed its Cornwall Local Energy Market (LEM) trial which saw over 200 homes and businesses trading stored renewable electricity.
Electric vehicles, smart hot...
Europe losing global energy storage battle as US and China race ahead
Europe is set to lose the global energy storage race unless government auctions begin to incentivise flexible power, according to research from Wood Mackenzie.
“Europe’s...
First of its kind tender sees Black Start contracts awarded in South West &...
National Grid ESO has announced contracts with six providers for Black Start services in the South West and Midlands, the result of a new...
Ofgem complains about ESO’s delay in implementing TERRE in the UK
On 4 September 2020, the ESO published an update stating that go-live for TERRE will not be achieved before early December at the earliest. In...
Highview Power begins work on long duration liquid air energy storage facility in Manchester
Highview Power in partnership with Carlton Power, announced today that it is beginning the execution process on a 50 MW liquid air energy storage...
Join us for Energy Flexibility Week
Join us for Energy Flexibility Week, brought to you by The Energyst. A series of morning webinar sessions that will take place from Tuesday...
National Grid Partners invests in two AI startups to protect critical infrastructure
National Grid Partners (NGP), the investment and innovation arm of National Grid plc announces two new investments in data analytics startups that use artificial...
UK’s largest battery ready to balance the grid
Edinburgh based Flexitricity is optimising the Gresham House c.50MW / 75MWh battery, located in Thurcroft, South Yorkshire, generating revenue for the site while helping...
Electricity North West accelerates its flexibility procurement by signposting competitions on Piclo Flex
Electricity North West has accelerated its flexibility procurement by publishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) on Piclo Flex, an independent online marketplace for trading...
New solar and Tesla Batteries help to make Portsmouth Greener
A new large 250 kilo-watt (kW) solar system has been installed on the roofs of Portsmouth City Council's Hilsea Industrial Estate. This complements the...
Flexibility project reaches successful milestone
An ongoing power flexibility trial we're leading is demonstrating that flexibility can be bought and sold in a continuous short-term market. Over the past...
Kaluza works with Scottish wind farm to provide flexibility with new ODFM service
Kaluza, an intelligent energy platform, has begun working with Vento Ludens, owners and operators of the Muirake wind farm in Aberdeenshire, to provide a...
Closing the gap between industry and energy
“Energy services are not a peripheral, effective management and energy market participation is integral to business success” announced Michael Phelan, CEO at GridBeyond, in...
Need for a more flexible energy system highlighted by lockdown and conditions
An unusually low wind output coinciding with a number of generator outages means the cushion of spare capacity has been reduced said system operator...
Virtual Lead Parties could trade in the wholesale market
Elexon is calling for volunteers to join a new Workgroup to assess a Balancing and Settlement Code Modification proposal allowing Virtual Lead Parties to...
A further 222MW of flexibility takes WPD over its target, but it wants...
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has awarded a further 222MWs of flexibility as it concluded its sixth round of flexibility procurement.
To date, WPD has sought...
Long-duration alternative to Lithium batteries
The California Energy Commission has selected four energy storage projects incorporating vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) from UK-based Invinity Energy Systems for funding as part...
Four DNOs collaborate to streamline flexibility across networks
Four UK distribution network operators have joined together for the first time to provide flexibility providers with a direct path to participate in flexibility...