CMA formally approves National Grid’s purchase of WPDÂ
National Grid’s £7.8 billion acquisition of Britain’s largest electricity distribution business has won formal approval from the competition watchdog.
The Competition and Markets Authority announced...
‘Ton up’ near M25 at Upminster: dynamic duo prep Essex for near-100 MW battery
Ground has been broken near London’s M25 motorway, ready to house one of Britain’s biggest grid-scale batteries.
Tesla Megapack’s lithium ion technology is the core...
Flexitricity and Kaluza team up to expand V2G-based grid balancing
Kaluza, Ovo’s offshoot developing intelligent energy platforms, is teaming up with aggregator Flexitricity to provide a new service in grid flexibility, expanding near-home level...
Conrad Energy signs 104MWh battery energy storage order with GE Renewable Energy Â
Conrad Energy, the UK’s largest flexible power producer, and GE Renewable Energy are delighted to announce the signing of a major framework agreement for...
WPD launches Net Zero innovations appeal
Hot on the heels of last night’s royally-endorsed Earthshot contest, Britain’s biggest power distributor today launches its own appeal for clean tech ideas, seeking...
Centrica plugs in for 650MW solar by 2026, as Atrato seeks £150 million
Energy giant Centrica has formed a team to oversee installation by mid-decade of 650MW of solar farms and 300MW of batteries.
The UK and continental...
National Grid ESO to digitise Britain’s energy system and advance the transition to net...
National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has launched, in what it claims is a world-first, a programme to build a digital replica of the...
Staunch greenwash sleaze? Track carbon through grid in real time, say Elexon and ES...
Restoring integrity to tarnished "clean power" certificates can be best guaranteed with new rules and new tech, tracking carbon from seed to flower through...
At 360 MW, Teesside primed to host Europe’s biggest battery
The North-east industrial cluster of Teesside is set to be the location for a planned 360 MW battery storage system, billed as Europe's largest.
Sembcorp...
Ofgem warns Balancing Mechanism players
Rocketing costs of last-minute interventions needed to balance Britain’s power grid have prompted an Ofgem warning that it stands ready to tighten market rules...
Half night, half day: WPD’s Equinox prizes flex uses of low carbon pumps in...
Britain’s biggest distributed network operator is pumping over £15m into unlocking the flexibility offered by low carbon residential home heat. Ground- or air-sourced pumps...
Electrifying performance: Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to get solar PV
The Olympic athletics track on which legendary sprinter Jesse Owens defied Nazi racism in 1936 is soon to be further enhanced, being overlooked with...
Norwegians eye England’s East Coast for 2 solar projects, plus battery
Norway’s state-owned renewables generator Statkraft is seeking planners’ permission to develop two solar parks in Yorkshire and Suffolk. A combined investment in excess of...
Western Power debuts ‘first of a kind’ flex marketplace for smaller assets
Britain’s biggest distributed network operator today reaches out to small owners of storage assets, launching its platform to trade flex capacity and set prices...
Eelpower and Habitat agree optimisation deal for 100MW of storage
Energy storage firm Eelpower has signed a three-year deal for battery optimisation with Habitat Energy, covering  two 50MW storage projects.
Due for location at Fordtown...
Octopus’ KrakenFlex stretches leg into Hydro REIN tie-up
KrakenFlex, Octopus Energy’s flexibility platform driving its international expansion into support services, has struck a deal in Canada, likely to run on into three...
Longer life batteries mean Balancing Mechanism and Capacity Market set to ‘power up’ reliable...
New analysis from LCP’s Energy Analytics team highlights the growing opportunity for batteries to play both a larger role in the UK energy system’s...
Gore Street seeks £75 million to secure more of 1.3 GW project pipeline
Clean tech investors Gore Street Energy Storage Fund are seeking another £75 million to secure continued expansion of its 1.3 GW roster of projects.
Launched...
Limejump to optimise 90MW of SSDC Opium’s storage
Limejump, the Shell-owned monetiser of grid-scale batteries, is teaming up with SSDC Opium Power to run two more units totalling 90 MW across the...
Big battery pipeline “at all time high”, RenewableUK records Â
Britain’s ballooning pipeline of grid-scale storage projects has doubled in just twelve months to a total of 32.1GW, new figures from RenewableUK have revealed.
Utility-scale...