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...
Energy storage: RedT and Centrica connect 1MWh flow machines in Cornwall
Energy storage firm RedT has connected 1MWh of flow machines to the grid as part of its project with Centrica in North Cornwall.Â
The company...
Battery storage: Where’s the smart money?
Investors want to support battery storage, but there are significant challenges to negotiate. Brendan Coyne reports
As an enabler of greater renewables penetration, “storage is...
Government launches £7.75m domestic DSR competition
Government is inviting firms to bid for funding to develop demand-side response (DSR) at a household level.
Demand-side response will be enabled by smart meters...
Aggregate Industries first to use Open Energi’s new AI demand response platform
Aggregate Industries will be the first company to use Open Energi's new automated demand-side response platform. The aggregator claims it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to...
Centrica acquires demand-side response aggregator Restore for £62m
Centrica has acquired demand-side response aggregator Restore for £62m.
The move comes as other energy companies look to partner with or acquire aggregators, with some...
National Grid confirms cull of frequency response products
National Grid has confirmed it will no longer actively procure a range of balancing products in their current formats.
The System Operator is undertaking a...
NEC Energy Solutions appoints new CEO, eyes fifteen-fold energy storage growth
Energy storage giant, NEC Energy Solutions, has appointed Steve Fludder as CEO .
Fludder, a one-time global sales and marketing boss at Samsung Engineering and...
Aurora: Battery storage, DSR and peaking plant to hit 25GW
Consultancy Aurora predicts 10% year-on-year growth of flexible generation, taking installed capacity to more than 25GW by 2030.
While there are risks to that forecast,...
Battery storage report: Risks, rewards and business cases
Businesses surveyed by The Energyst have significant appetite for battery storage, but revenue visibility and regulatory uncertainty are investment barriers.
Half of firms surveyed said...
Solar and storage must bow to grid king
Solar and storage could be the next bull market. But only projects with sufficient import-export capacity make economic sense. Hugh Taylor, of grid rights...
Open Energi wins Severn Trent DSR tender
Severn Trent has awarded aggregator Open Energi a contract to help balance the grid by using its flexible load in demand-side response (DSR) programmes.
Under...
Utilitywise strategy chief Jon Ferris joins energy blockchain firm Electron
Jon Ferris has left Utilitywise to join blockchain energy firm Electron.
Ferris joined EIC 12 years ago, which Utilitywise acquired in 2013. Initially a risk...
Kiwi Power to build 4MW battery storage facility in South Wales
Kiwi Power is to build a 4MW battery storage unit at Cenin Renewables' Bridgend site in South Wales.
The 4MW battery will sit within Cenin’s...
Ofgem confirms it faces judicial review over Triad cuts
Ofgem has confirmed that it faces a legal challenge to its decision to cut payments to smaller power generators that export during peak demand...
Carmakers become power aggregators as DNOs fear overnight EVs boom
Car manufacturers are starting to become aggregators of flexibility, helping grid operators balance the power system by using car batteries and smart charging systems.
But...
Reactive Technologies: UK system inertia measured for first time
Energy tech firm Reactive Technologies has measured UK system-wide inertia. The data, verified by National Grid, is believed to be a world first.
'Inertia' is...
Ofgem asks whether it needs to take further action over connections failures
Ofgem has urged businesses to inform its views on whether to take further action against distribution networks over connections.
Connections and export agreements are one...
Electron wins £640k funding to build blockchain demand-side response trading platform
Electron has been awarded £637,000 in government funding to scale its prototype blockchain trading platform for demand-side response.
The company's application for the funding was...
National Grid opens up carbon intensity forecast tools in bid to engage public on...
National Grid has launched software that predicts the likely carbon intensity of power on the system up to 48 hours ahead.
It has also launched...