UK Power Networks budgets £12m for DSR, reduces entry size to 50kW
UK Power Networks has allocated £12 million to buy demand-side response to help manage its grids in southeast and east England.
The DNO has also extended...
Centrica eyes gigawatts of household solar and storage
Centrica hopes to tap domestic flexibility by targeting households with solar power, selling them battery storage and heat pumps and tying it all together...
WPD tenders for 93MW of demand-side response
Western Power Distribution (WPD) plans to procure 93.4MW of flexible power, or demand-side response (DSR) across 12 zones for delivery this year and next.
The...
Good Energy steps up b2b battery storage push
Good Energy aims to increase battery storage activity with commercial customers. The renewable energy supplier has signed Belectric and Powerstar as framework partners.
The company,...
Beis launches funding competition for big energy storage and small flex markets
The department for business, energy and industrial strategy (Beis) is inviting bids for millions of pounds in grant funding to support development of large...
SSE Networks to bring households into demand-side response this summer
Scottish and Southern Energy Networks aims to bring households and communities into demand-side response and hopes to start procuring services this summer.
The move follows...
Haven Power and GridBeyond ink DSR deal, target I&C flexibility
Business energy supplier Haven Power has struck a demand-side response deal with GridBeyond.
The two will work to unlock flexibility within Haven’s customer-base, bidding flexible...
Centrica sharpens EV focus
Centrica says it has created a dedicated electric vehicles team to operate across its business and consumer divisions.
The company previously had an EV Services...
Octopus Investments backs IDNO Eclipse Power
Octopus Investments will provide multimillion pound backing to independent distribution network operator Eclipse Power. The firm will use the money to expand its operation...
Small generator discount will run to 2021 in ‘final’ extension
Ofgem has confirmed it will extend the ‘small generator discount’ to 31 March 2021. It had been due to expire March 2019.
The discount given...
Cambridgeshire County Council eyes solar-storage prize at landfill sites
Cambridgeshire County Council plans to build co-located solar and battery storage on closed landfill sites and thinks it can make a 25-year net return...
New control desk doubles small flex in Balancing Mechanism, says National Grid
National Grid says the amount of flexibility from small generators, battery storage and demand side response used in the Balancing Mechanism has been boosted...
UK Power Networks puts ‘Big Battery’ up for sale
UK Power Networks has put its 'Big Battery' up for sale. The 6MW/10MWh battery was connected at Leighton Buzzard in 2014, as part of...
EVs, smart charging and vehicle-to-grid: Your views required
The Energyst is asking readers for their views on electric vehicles (EVs).
We hope to understand how public and private sector organisations perceive EVs, whether...
Piclo eyes big 2019 as DNO flex procurement deadlines loom
Deadlines for three distribution network operators' flexibility procurement programmes close in the next few weeks.
James Johnston, head of the Piclo local flexibility platform being...
Premier Inn installs battery storage, eyes more
Premier Inn has installed a 100kW/200kWh lithium ion battery at an Edinburgh hotel in a bid to work out how battery storage could help...
Government and industry move to restart Capacity Market payment collection
Government and industry are making moves to restart collection of Capacity Market payments from suppliers.
The market is suspended following a legal challenge by Tempus...
Northern Powergrid calls for demand-side response providers
Northern Powergrid has launched a call for businesses that can provide at least 100kW of flexible power to help balance its network in specific...
GridBeyond strikes DSR deal with ENW’s commercial arm
GridBeyond and Electricity North West's commercial arm will jointly market and implement demand-side response (DSR) services to some 900 large industrial and commercial companies.
ENW...
All DNOs commit to considering DSR and energy efficiency over reinforcement
The Energy Networks Association has published a commitment from all distribution network operators (DNOs) to consider demand-side response or flexibility solutions over network reinforcement...