Solar and storage must bow to grid king
Solar and storage could be the next bull market. But only projects with sufficient import-export capacity make economic sense. Hugh Taylor, of grid rights...
Open Energi wins Severn Trent DSR tender
Severn Trent has awarded aggregator Open Energi a contract to help balance the grid by using its flexible load in demand-side response (DSR) programmes.
Under...
Utilitywise strategy chief Jon Ferris joins energy blockchain firm Electron
Jon Ferris has left Utilitywise to join blockchain energy firm Electron.
Ferris joined EIC 12 years ago, which Utilitywise acquired in 2013. Initially a risk...
Kiwi Power to build 4MW battery storage facility in South Wales
Kiwi Power is to build a 4MW battery storage unit at Cenin Renewables' Bridgend site in South Wales.
The 4MW battery will sit within Cenin’s...
Ofgem confirms it faces judicial review over Triad cuts
Ofgem has confirmed that it faces a legal challenge to its decision to cut payments to smaller power generators that export during peak demand...
Carmakers become power aggregators as DNOs fear overnight EVs boom
Car manufacturers are starting to become aggregators of flexibility, helping grid operators balance the power system by using car batteries and smart charging systems.
But...
Reactive Technologies: UK system inertia measured for first time
Energy tech firm Reactive Technologies has measured UK system-wide inertia. The data, verified by National Grid, is believed to be a world first.
'Inertia' is...
Ofgem asks whether it needs to take further action over connections failures
Ofgem has urged businesses to inform its views on whether to take further action against distribution networks over connections.
Connections and export agreements are one...
Electron wins £640k funding to build blockchain demand-side response trading platform
Electron has been awarded £637,000 in government funding to scale its prototype blockchain trading platform for demand-side response.
The company's application for the funding was...
National Grid opens up carbon intensity forecast tools in bid to engage public on...
National Grid has launched software that predicts the likely carbon intensity of power on the system up to 48 hours ahead.
It has also launched...
Upside and Powervault installing 1MW of hot water tanks and batteries to prove domestic...
The companies are installing 500 'smart' hot water tanks alongside 100 lithium-ion batteries in homes across Cornwall and London. They will aggregate their flexibility...
Marks & Spencer mulls battery storage but struggles to find experts
Marks & Spencer is considering investment in battery storage to support environmental goals, cut costs and generate revenue. But the retailer is struggling to...
CHP unit ‘earns extra £273 every hour’ it participates in Dong’s revenue share balancing...
A firm that operates a 3MW combined heat and power plant says it has earned and additional £273 on average every hour it has...
Eon to end standard variable tariffs for customers that agree to a smart meter
Eon has committed to ending standard variable tariffs (SVTs) energy tariffs by default.
SVTs offer poor value compared to fixed-term deals and energy firms are...
DNOs ‘no threat’ to DSR aggregators and suppliers
Western Power Distribution and UK Power Networks have rejected suggestions that they could potentially abuse monopoly positions in procuring flexibility to help balance their...
Centrica to use Gateshead Council’s 3MW battery storage system for both local and national...
Centrica is to manage a 3MW battery storage system for Gateshead City Council.
The system has been installed alongside CHP units at the council's District...
Mitie demand-side response chief: Nothing can replace lost Triad value
Removal of Triad export payments has torpedoed demand-side response (DSR) business cases, at least in the short term, according to the flexibility lead at...
Shifting the balance of power: Free demand-side response and battery storage report
The Energyst has published a new, free, demand-side response and battery storage report, outlining challenges and opportunities for businesses aiming to cut costs and...
Battery storage to push frequency response revenues down STOR path?
Greater volumes of fast responding assets, such as batteries, may start to erode frequency response prices. The question is by how much and how...
Hospital earns £200K a year from flexible generation and DSR
Working with electricity supplier Haven Power and demand response aggregator Kiwi Power, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust earns around £200,000 annually from power generation. The Trust’s Estates department has also reduced expenditure through...