Name your own price: National Grid launches next demand turn-up tender
National Grid has opened the tender for this year's summer grid balancing programme, demand turn-up, inviting suppliers to name their own price.
Companies seeking contracts...
SmartestEnergy: 10,000 UK firms could save £20k via load shifting and demand-side response
Around 10,000 UK firms could make around £20,000 a year in cost savings or revenue by shifting or curtailing power use at peak times,...
Energy storage boom: UK Power Networks receives 12GW of connection applications
A “buoyant” energy storage market has led to 667 connection applications totalling 12.2GW over the last 15 months, according to UK Power Networks (UKPN).
The...
Gateshead Council signs £1m demand response contract with Flexitricity
Demand-side response aggregator Flexitricity has added another significant site to its books. The firm says Gateshead Energy Company, operator of a 4MW combined heat...
Aggregated Micro Power Holdings secures £14m to build 21MW peaking plant
Aggregated Micro Power Holdings has secured £14.1m of funding to finance its first peaking plant project, Ashford Power Limited.
Sited on the Kingsnorth Industrial Estate in...
Artificial intelligence for smart grids: Can UK academia beat Google?
Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, Intel, Apple and other behemoths are pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence. In the energy sector, one UK start-up...
Centrica: Floodgates on battery storage investment to open in 2017
Investor interest in energy storage is increasing rapidly with battery storage projects gathering pace this year, according to Centrica. The energy giant also predicts...
Kodak Alaris cuts energy costs 11% as Dong steps up demand-response push
Imaging and data firm Kodak Alaris says it has cut its UK energy bill by 11% using Dong's energy management platform.
The cloud-based software takes...
National Grid to extend demand turn-up running hours, procure more
National Grid will extend the period for its demand turn-up (DTU) service to run from March to October next year. The system operator (SO)...
UK manufacturers say Esos not working, DSR too complicated and Triad needs reform
Only 13% of UK manufacturers think the government’s flagship energy efficiency policy, Esos, is helping to improve the business case for energy efficiency investment....
Capacity market remains too low for new gas, but gigawatts of DSR, CHP and...
The latest capacity market auction cleared at £22.50/kW, securing 52.4GW of winter power from 2020 at a total cost of £1.2bn. The outturn was...
National Grid mulls rolling all frequency response services into single scheme
National Grid has mooted rolling together its fastest system balancing programmes into a single pre-fault service. The system operator shared its thinking on simplification of...
Ofgem embedded benefits update adds to uncertainty ahead of capacity market auction
Smaller power generators hoping to secure capacity market contracts in this week’s auction will take little comfort from Ofgem’s update on the review of...
Nissan and Eaton to rollout commercial-scale battery storage units in 2017
Automaker Nissan has outlined plans to upscale its battery storage unit from household to commercial scale.
Alongside electrical partner Eaton, the firm also today announced...
Electric vehicle energy storage range ‘cuts costs, emissions and grid congestion’
Sponsored post: Powerstar is officially launching its Virtue energy storage range for electric vehicles. The firm says the system cuts costs, network congestion and...
Government sets out UK smart grid plan, moots 5GW of DSR by 2020 –...
Government is paving the way for all businesses and households to pay more for using electricity at peak times - and less when there is...
SSE urges smart meter rethink as costs spiral and benefits tank
SSE has urged government to reconsider the 2020 deadline for completion of the UK-wide smart meter rollout or risk further costs being piled on to...
Capacity market call sees £2,500MWh price spike, Grid says market working
National Grid’s second capacity market notice saw day ahead prices spike to £800MWh and balancing market prices soar towards £2,500MWh.
The system operator issued the...
Rewrite rules for energy storage demand response and power networks, urges think tank
A new report urges policymakers to rewrite power system rules to unlock the full potential of demand-side response and energy storage and save billions of...
National Grid issues first capacity market notice
National Grid issued its first capacity market notice on Monday, warning of a potential capacity crunch in early evening.
Grid issued the warning just after midday,...