Yorkshire at The Heart of Europe’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System

Transformers manufactured by a Leeds firm are playing a critical role in Europe’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) by megawatt hours, which has...

GridBeyond secures 271MW prequalified capacity for the Capacity Market

The Capacity Market Registers published on 29th November have confirmed that GridBeyond has prequalified 271 MW for the T-1 and 415 MW T-4 auctions...

Thanks a million: 250k Octopus homes reap flex’s rewards

More than 250,000 Octopus customers have together saved over £1 million by delivering demand flexibility over four paid-for sessions, the energy group announced today. Operating...

Big gas users greet ESO’s extension to 23 December for DSR bids

Representatives of Britain’s heavy gas users in industries such as cement and glass have welcomed the gas grid operator’s decision to extend its deadline...

AMPECO partners with Electric Miles to unlock energy flexibility opportunities

Global EV charging management software provider AMPECO announced a new partnership with Electric Miles, a UK EV smart charging software developer and energy assets...

Piclo to support National Grid ESO’s new Local Constraint Market in Scotland

After a competitive tender process, Piclo has been selected by National Grid to run a Local Constraint Market (LCM) in a move to clamp...

Grid celebrates success of Demand Flex Service

Britain’s electricity system operator is congratulating itself on delivering flex services at scale for the first time in the nation’s history. Five completed trial events...

Zenobē signs Stateside deal with Japanese partner

Founded only five years ago, the London-based operator says its 235MW of grid-connected batteries in the UK contributes to its status as the largest...

Enabling flexibility at all levels of the grid

Distributed Energy Generation (DERs) and electrification of the transport sector will result in more grid challenges at a regional and local level. The Local...

NG-ESO puts coal plants on standby again tonight, as suppliers prep DSR cash for...

National Grid ESO has for the second time this winter requested coal-burning power stations to be put on standby, and is asking suppliers to...

Scots hill to roar with power, as Tag tags Santander for big battery

Power storage provider TagEnergy has secured funding for its fourth amp-amungous crèche-for-coulombs in the UK, the 49.9MW/100MWh Roaring Hill development in Fife. Santander UK are...

Lack of long-duration batteries “costs UK £60 Billion in four months”: and the Germans...

Britain’s continuing failure to store renewable electricity at scale has left the country wasting £ 60 billion on imported gas over just four months...

Recouping investment in flexible and sustainable Battery Energy Storage

Andrew Donald, Senior Business Development Manager at Powerstar, considers Future Energy Scenarios in the transition to net zero and government and investor appetite for...

Gold rush! Gore Street buys Big in California, finds amp-sheltering Rock

London-quoted investors Gore Street Energy Storage Fund are buying big into America’s grid-scale storage market, acquiring a 200 MW project to be located in...

Investing in energy storage delivers multiple benefits for businesses

The volatile international energy markets of the last 12 months have shown us in the UK that the only way to avoid reliance on...

Salted (sic) for Is and whizz: Mancs brave Italian brine to lift lithium

A Manchester University spin-off has signed a deal with an Italian mining company aimed at making lithium in commercial quantities. Watercycle Technologies, a deep tech...

ib vogt & financiers DIF swoop for UK’s biggest storage-and-solar portfolio

Solar farm operators ib vogt and financiers DIF Capital have signed a deal for future purchase of 720MW of consented solar PV sites, in...

SMS to develop new Demand Side Response applications for domestic flexibility market

SMS has been awarded a new contract through the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as part of a consortium aiming to establish...

Local energy systems need radical system overhaul, says Ofgem

Ofgem is seeking consumers’ & suppliers’ views on next steps needed to embed a more decentralised, decarbonised and dynamic energy system for the UK. It...

Battery investors Gresham House charge up 20% full year growth

The fund thinks it is on course to be operating 1 GW of heavy duty batteries this year and 1.5 GW next. Net asset value...