Thrive and Aura launch funded battery storage joint venture, target I&C firms
Renewables investor Thrive has launched a joint venture with developer Aura Power that aims to deploy and operate 40MW of behind-the-meter battery storage at...
Webinar: How to Earn Revenue from Stored Power in UPS Systems and Generators for...
Vertiv invites Energyst readers - particularly power intensive users - to learn how to monetise UPS within flexibility markets via a free webinar at...
Give us your views on DSR and storage
The Energyst needs end user views on battery storage and demand-side response to inform its annual DSR Report.
The aim is to provide a snapshot...
UK Power Reserve buys 60MW of battery storage from Fluence
Fluence will supply three 20MW battery storage systems to UK Power Reserve as the firm starts to build out sites with 15-year Capacity Market...
Severn Trent releases consumption data in bid to unlock renewables sites, smarter DSR and...
Severn Trent released a cache of energy data last week in a bid to find more viable renewables sites, both on its own land...
ADE and Renewable UK urge industrials to take-up DSR, government to level playing field
Industry associations Renewable UK and the ADE have urged industrial firms to step up demand-side response provision in order to cut costs and further...
15MWh liquid air energy storage plant opens, owners plot world domination
Highview Power officially switched on its 5MW liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant today in Bury, greater Manchester.
The development, in partnership with energy from...
National Grid to bring distributed energy, battery storage and wind into Black Start
National Grid has outlined a timetable to explore bringing wind, distributed generation, battery storage and interconnectors into Black Start, the service via which it...
Sembcorp buys UK Power Reserve for £216m
Sembcorp Industries has struck a deal to buy peaking plant operator UK Power Reserve (UKPR) for £216 million.
The Singapore-based firm operates a collection of...
Nissan: Vehicle to grid services will not drain EV batteries
Nissan has countered suggestions that providing vehicle to grid services using electric vehicles (EVs) will leave customers with empty batteries.
Some prominent EV owners, such...
Pivot makes huge play for 2GW battery storage and mass EV charging network
Pivot Power has unveiled highly ambitious plans to build 2GWs of battery storage connected directly to the transmission network.
The start-up aims to use dozens...
National Grid launches regional version of carbon intensity forecast tool
National Grid has updated its carbon intensity forecast tool so that people can see when power is cleanest in their region.
The System Operator launched...
Anesco plans to build 300MW of battery storage in next two years
Anesco says it will build out around 300MW of new battery storage projects by 2020, taking its portfolio to 380MW.
The Reading-based firm currently has...
National Grid: Tell us your demand-side response success stories
National Grid seeks case studies of successful demand-side response or flexibility projects.
The System Operator is asking end users, consultants and aggregators to submit their...
Restore pools 18MW Tesla battery with megawatts of industrial load, plans UK replica
Restore has combined a grid scale battery with megawatts of industrial load and generation assets to deliver balancing services to European transmission system operators...
Ecotricity launches aggregator business, targets generators and business customers
Green energy supplier Ecotricity has launched an aggregation business model after striking a deal with German virtual power plant (VPP) platform provider Next Kraftwerke.
The...
Green Frog raises £100m to build eleven gas peakers
Green Frog has raised £100m and will use the money to build 11 new gas peaking plant.
The company said the new engines would take...
Northern heat and powerhouse: energy innovation puts Gateshead on the map
At The Energyst Event, Marissa Granath, Gateshead Council’s energy business development officer, outlined how the local authority is providing cheaper heat and power to...
You only live twice: battery storage from EVs
Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, believes second life electric vehicle batteries could play a major role in balancing the grid – and potentially...
Energy storage: I&C firms banking on FFR are “gambling”
Industrial and commercial (I&C) businesses making investments in energy storage in the hope of making returns from frequency response are “gambling”, according to RedT...