Capacity market targets cut
The amount of power to be procured via the capacity market for next winter is set to be cut by almost a fifth, from...
Smart grid firm Upside Energy raises £5.5m funding
Smart grid firm Upside Energy has raised £5.5m from Legal & General's investment arm and investment and advisory company Systemiq.
Upside Energy has developed a cloud-based...
National Grid to bring wind and solar into FFR, details balancing services overhaul
National Grid is working with platform providers in a bid to allow non-dispatchable sources of generation such as wind and solar into frequency response.
The...
Free storage and decentralised energy seminar, Birmingham 17 January
On Wednesday, 17 January 2018, Powerstar is hosting a free energy seminar aimed at businesses interested in the UK’s current and future energy landscape....
Medium Combustion Plant Directive takes back-up generators out of DSR
New emissions regulation will prevent thermal back-up generators from participating in demand-side response (DSR).
Defra laid draft Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) legislation this week....
Blockchain: Epex Spot and LO3 Energy strike deal to connect microgrids with wholesale markets
European power exchange Epex Sot has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brooklyn-based energy technology firm LO3 Energy with the aim of connecting microgrids...
Aggregator Flexitricity to become energy supplier, eyes balancing mechanism prize
Aggregator Flexitricity plans to become an energy supplier from mid-2018. The firm has applied for a supply licence and will target specific customers ahead...
Solar developers get green light for 10MW battery storage scheme in Perthshire
Distributed energy firm Capbal has secured planning consent from Perth & Kinross Council for its first 10MW/5MWh battery storage unit in Scotland.
The Braco project...
Electricity networks to speed up connections, commit to local flexibility markets
UK distribution network operators (DNOs) have reiterated their collective commitment to enabling local flexibility markets, or smart grids, as part of a roadmap published...
WPD rethinks demand-side response plans, relaunches Flexible Power platform
Western Power Distribution has redesigned its demand-side response platform and is calling for businesses within its East Midlands network to consider selling their flexible...
Swindon Council plans 50MW battery storage plant
Swindon Borough Council has submitted a planning application for a battery storage facility with a capacity of up to 50MW/50MWh.
If consented, it would enable...
Northern Powergrid: EVs a resource, not a problem
Electric vehicles represent an opportunity for grid operators to balance networks and for their customers to earn revenue, rather than a network-busting problem, according...
SSE and Northern Powergrid launch smart grid plans
SSE Networks has outlined proposals to transition to become a distribution system operator that procures and dispatches flexibility as part of a smarter power...
Limejump raises further cash to scale flexibility platform
Virtual power plant operator and energy supplier Limejump has raised further funds to scale its operations.
The company did not disclose the exact amount raised,...
Electric vehicles ‘could provide 11GW of flexible capacity’
Electric vehicle batteries could provide 11GW of flexible capacity for the UK system by 2030, according to analysis by aggregator Open Energi.
The firm says...
Lord Redesdale: Idea of EVs as battery storage is “complete crap”
Energy Managers Association chief Rupert Redesdale has suggested the idea of electric vehicles acting as meaningful energy storage is “complete crap”.
Speaking at the EMA’s...
Demand-side response: Ørsted predicts higher revenues for energy flexibility
The value of flexibility is set to rise from 2018 as power markets become more volatile and imbalance charges double, according to Ørsted’s UK...
Battery storage company lands £50m to expand 60MW portfolio, seeks I&C firms
Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) has raised a £50M equity investment by a group of investors led by New York based Tiger Infrastructure Partners.
The firm...
Mitie chief backs smart energy to help revive fortunes
Mitie chief executive Phil Bentley says the FM firm's smart energy platform is "gaining traction" with 13 bids won in the last six months.
The...
Eelpower commissions 10MW battery storage plant, plans 150MW
Eelpower has commissioned its 10MW Leverton battery storage facility near Lincoln. The firm has a 15-year capacity market contract starting 2020 and secured a...