Fossil EVolution: BP to buy Chargemaster
BP is to buy EV charging network Chargemaster and plans to rollout rapid charging stations at its forecourts and elsewhere across the UK.
The firm...
Opinion: How much is National Grid really buying from the demand side?
Kiwi Power's head of public affairs and UK programme manager, Jonathan Ainley, applauds National Grid's progress in bringing forward demand-side response, but says there...
National Grid ‘hits DSR target two years early’, works to open ‘ultimate balancing market’
National Grid believes over 50% of balancing services came from demand-side providers last month. If that trend continues, the System Operator (SO) will have...
Forget small scale DSR until we get ‘big flex’ right, says Kiwi Power boss
Kiwi Power boss Yoav Zingher has cautioned the flexibility industry against trying to run before it can walk.
Speaking at the 2018 Power Responsive conference,...
Liquid air energy storage firm plans big Capacity Market bid
Highview Power, the firm pioneering liquid air energy storage (LAES), hopes to announce a 50MW/200MWh unit in the UK later this year and plans...
Ørsted and Open Energi team up to unlock flex at Aggregate Industries
A demand-side response collaboration between Open Energi and Ørsted is unlocking diversified revenues for Aggregate Industries - and asset optimisation is predicted to cut...
WPD expands DSR programme, launches tenders across Midlands and South West
Western Power Distribution is launching a tender for more demand-side response (DSR) to help balance its networks.
The company began a flexibility trial in the...
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...
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...
Thrive and Aura launch funded battery storage joint venture, target I&C firms
Renewables investor Thrive has launched a joint venture with developer Aura Power that aims to deploy and operate 40MW of behind-the-meter battery storage at...
Webinar: How to Earn Revenue from Stored Power in UPS Systems and Generators for...
Vertiv invites Energyst readers - particularly power intensive users - to learn how to monetise UPS within flexibility markets via a free webinar at...
Give us your views on DSR and storage
The Energyst needs end user views on battery storage and demand-side response to inform its annual DSR Report.
The aim is to provide a snapshot...
UK Power Reserve buys 60MW of battery storage from Fluence
Fluence will supply three 20MW battery storage systems to UK Power Reserve as the firm starts to build out sites with 15-year Capacity Market...
Severn Trent releases consumption data in bid to unlock renewables sites, smarter DSR and...
Severn Trent released a cache of energy data last week in a bid to find more viable renewables sites, both on its own land...
ADE and Renewable UK urge industrials to take-up DSR, government to level playing field
Industry associations Renewable UK and the ADE have urged industrial firms to step up demand-side response provision in order to cut costs and further...
15MWh liquid air energy storage plant opens, owners plot world domination
Highview Power officially switched on its 5MW liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant today in Bury, greater Manchester.
The development, in partnership with energy from...
National Grid to bring distributed energy, battery storage and wind into Black Start
National Grid has outlined a timetable to explore bringing wind, distributed generation, battery storage and interconnectors into Black Start, the service via which it...
Sembcorp buys UK Power Reserve for £216m
Sembcorp Industries has struck a deal to buy peaking plant operator UK Power Reserve (UKPR) for £216 million.
The Singapore-based firm operates a collection of...
Nissan: Vehicle to grid services will not drain EV batteries
Nissan has countered suggestions that providing vehicle to grid services using electric vehicles (EVs) will leave customers with empty batteries.
Some prominent EV owners, such...
Pivot makes huge play for 2GW battery storage and mass EV charging network
Pivot Power has unveiled highly ambitious plans to build 2GWs of battery storage connected directly to the transmission network.
The start-up aims to use dozens...