SSE picks Origami’s tech platform for flex services
SSE will use Origami Energy's platform to deliver flexibility services to industrial and commercial customers.
The deal was announced this morning following a competitive tender.
SSE...
€100k seeks battery storage start-ups
The organisation works with the European Battery Alliance and aims to attract and support start-ups with innovative battery storage technology or business model concepts. It...
United Utilities restructures energy function to optimise flex, resilience, cost and carbon
United Utilities has reorganised its energy function to deliver an integrated approach to procurement, management, flexibility and resilience. Neil Gillespie, director of energy &...
RedT eyes £33m deal to fund 60MWh of flow storage
Energy storage firm RedT says it has secured conditional commitment from an infrastructure fund to invest around €37m (£33m) to finance some 60MWh of...
Scottish Power Energy Networks joins Piclo DNO flexibility platform
Scottish Power Energy Networks has signed up to the Picloflex platform, which aims to be the UK marketplace for distribution network operator (DNO) flexibility.
The...
Download the 2018 DSR Report: Aligning risk and reward
The Energyst's 2018 DSR report is now available to download at www.theenergyst.com/dsr.
It contains a survey of public and private sector organisations that provide demand-side...
Flexitricity lands £500k funding to bring smaller firms into DSR, seeks trial sites
Flexitricity has landed almost £500k of government funding in order to try and bring smaller companies - and smaller sites of larger companies -...
Northern Powergrid steps up DSR plans, joins Piclo platform
Northern Powergrid is stepping up plans to use flexibility, or demand-side response (DSR) over traditional network reinforcement and has become the latest distribution network...
Foodservice firm takes 3.75MW of battery storage from Anesco
Devon-based wholesaler, Philip Dennis Foodservice, is using three battery storage units from Anesco to maximise on-site generation, cut carbon and grid charges, and earn...
Your DSR Questions: Answered
The Energyst’s DSR Event is an opportunity to acknowledge the growing interest in demand-side response (DSR) as part of a holistic energy management strategy....
National Grid calls for Local Authorities to engage in DSR
National Grid invites Local Authorities interested in providing demand-side response to a workshop in Birmingham on 26th September, and outlines why they should attend.
Power...
Flow storage firm RedT lands place on £300m NHS framework
Flow storage company RedT has earned a place on Essentia's battery storage framework. It means the firm has the green light to supply its...
National Grid to trial same day frequency response auction
National Grid is to trial same day frequency response procurement from June 2019.
The two year trial is “for a small volume of frequency response”...
DSR and battery storage: Final free tickets for the DSR Event, London, 13th September
If you are interested in demand-side response and battery storage, be sure to register for your free place at the DSR Event, Thursday 13th...
Battery storage makes unsubsidised solar stack up for Kingfisher
Kingfisher will this month start using solar and battery storage to provide grid services. While making money from helping to balance the grid is...
Firms invited to bid for £90m to help build UK smart grid
Companies are invited to submit proposals to help energy network firms build a smarter grid.
Energy networks are allowed to experiment with smarter approaches to...
BTM battery storage: Resilience trumps grid revenues?
When it comes to behind the meter battery storage, a share of grid services or arbitrage revenues is almost irrelevant for some industrial and...
UK Power Networks eyes 200MW+ of demand-side response, outlines tender plans
UK Power Networks said it could require in excess of 200MW of demand-side response to defer load-related reinforcement by 2023 and has outlined plans...
Anglian Water takes 300kWh of RedT’s flow storage, plans 30MW of solar
Anglian Water is to buy flow storage units from RedT to co-locate with solar PV at a treatment works. The water firm aims to...
Ofgem rejects UK Power Reserve’s bid for change in balancing services
Ofgem has rejected a call from UK Power Reserve to change balancing services rules.
The peaking plant firm, now owned by Sembcorp, wanted to stop...