Kaluza sells flex from domestic battery storage to WPD
Ovo’s smart grid company Kaluza has sold its first batch of flexibility from aggregated household batteries to Western Power Distribution.
The batteries were automatically dispatched...
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...
WPD eyes 334MW of demand-side response
Western Power Distribution is going large on flex, aiming to procure 334MW of demand-side response (DSR) across a fifth of its network.
The distribution network...
Gresham House taps Flexitricity for 20MW hybrid project
Flexitricity will attempt to deliver best returns for Gresham House Energy Storage Fund's Noriker Staunch project, a 20MW hybrid gas and battery storage scheme...
Balancing mechanism now open to smaller players
Smaller generators and aggregated loads can now access the balancing mechanism (BM), opening up a £1.1bn market for demand-side response and flexible technologies.
National Grid...
Solar ventures firm FRV plans major UK battery storage push
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) is to build a 15MWh battery storage scheme in Dorset. The company, which has traditionally developed large-scale solar projects around...
How to ride the waves of a changing energy market
It appears there’s one thing we can count on in the energy markets at the moment, and that is change. From the recent Targeted...
National Grid outlines future of frequency response
National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has outlined the future of frequency response and reserve procurement as it bids to keep an increasingly renewables-driven...
New CEO at demand-side response firm Flexitricity
Demand-side response aggregator Flexitricity has appointed Simon Heyes as CEO, following Ron Ramage’s departure.
Heyes, a mechanical engineer, has extensive renewable energy experience. He was...
National Grid launches nine-year reactive power tender
National Grid ESO is offering nine-year contracts for reactive power services in the Mersey region.
Reactive power helps keep voltage levels stable, with providers either...
Northern Powergrid seeks 100MW of flex
Northern Powergrid is attempting to procure up to 100MW of flexible demand or generation via a reverse online auction.
The minimum threshold is 100kW and...
RedT CEO to leave as Avalon merger moves forward
RedT chief executive Scott McGregor is to leave the firm at the year end, along with non-executive director Jeff Kenna.
The exits come ahead of...
WPD and Nord Pool combine on broader flexibility market trial
Western Power Distribution and Nord Pool are collaborating to trial a flexibility market that wraps in day ahead, intraday and imbalance aspects.
The IntraFlex project,...
Centrica’s local energy market now selling flex across transmission and distribution
Centrica says its local energy market is now live and enabling balancing services at both transmission and distribution level.
Under the EU-funded programme, Centrica aims...
Origami taps Ocado CTO in digital twin push
Flexibility platform provider Origami has appointed Ocado chief technology officer Paul Clarke to its advisory board.
The firm hopes to tap Clarke’s experience and network,...
National Grid launches tender for multi-year stability services
National Grid Electricity System Operator is going to market for stability services to manage inertia, dynamic voltage and short circuit levels from April 2020...
SSEN: Greater efficiency required to scale flex
Flexibility is fundamental to SSEN’s strategy, says Stewart Reid, the DNO’s head of future networks. But co-ordination is required to unlock the market.
Local flexibility...
Capacity Market cleared
The Capacity Market will soon be back in play after the European Commission approved it. Energy companies with agreements are looking forward to getting...
Smartest Energy starts trading flex in balancing mechanism
Smartest Energy has started trading flexibility within the balancing mechanism (BM), dispatching first megawatts today at £74/MWh.
The company provides power purchase agreements (PPAs) to...
National Grid outlines plans to buy more inertia
National Grid plans to launch a tender for new inertia services next month for delivery from April.
Electricity system operator director, Fintan Slye, recently suggested...