Demand-side response aggregator market ‘faces significant consolidation’
The number of demand-side response aggregators active in the UK market will reduce significantly over the next 18 months, according to market participants.
Restore UK lead...
Free webinar: How to maximise demand-side response revenue
Demand-side response (DSR) aggregator Enernoc is hosting a free webinar for businesses that want to maximise revenues from harnessing flexible energy consumption from their...
WPD launches local demand-side response aggregator business
Western Power Distribution has launched a demand-side response business to sell flexibility both into National Grid’s schemes as well as balance its own local...
Limejump and Anesco partner to connect 185MW of capacity market battery storage
Aggregator Limejump and renewable energy developer Anesco will team up to deliver 185MW of battery storage by the end of 2018.
The deal is one of...
National Grid plans for 1.8GW more solar in 2017, raising stakes in summer balancing...
National Grid expects embedded solar PV to increase by 150MW a month over 2017, which would take UK installed capacity towards 13.5GW. Meanwhile the...
Why more firms are obtaining electricity supply licences
Consultant Jo Butlin believes a push to obtain electricity supply licences by aggregators, local authorities and renewable generators is set to continue as they try to...
We need to talk about Triad
Smart Grid Consultancy director, Gary Swandells, believes heated debate around proposed cuts to Triad payments is fuelling fear and misunderstanding of the nature of the...
Haven Power signs Kiwi Power as preferred demand-side response aggregator
Drax-owned business energy supplier Haven Power has struck a deal with demand-side response (DSR) firm Kiwi Power so that the aggregator will be recommended...
Former Npower CEO joins blockchain energy firm
Former Npower CEO Paul Massara has joined blockchain energy start-up Electron as a director.
The firm, backed by Innovate UK as well as private funding,...
As solar generation makes history, National Grid starts to feel the burn
Sunny weather on Saturday made history, according to National Grid. Solar PV connected to the distribution system reduced the draw on the main transmission...
Enernoc and Kiwi Power take biggest shares of £14m demand-side response auction
Aggregator Enernoc was awarded contracts worth £3.9m in the capacity market auction specifically for turn down demand-side response (DSR). The aggregator took 86.88MW of...
Demand-side response capacity auction clears at £45/kW
The capacity market auction specifically for turn down demand-side response has cleared between £45 and £50/kW, according to the EMR delivery body. The exact...
Smartest Energy: Demand-side response auction to clear at £25/kW, more support needed
The capacity market auction specifically for turn down demand-side response (DSR) will likely clear around £25/kW, according to Smartest Energy. The so-called Transitional Arrangement...
National Grid procures 138.6MW of demand turn-up to balance grid in summer
National Grid has procured 138.6MW of fixed demand turn-up (DTU) provision, one of the ways it manages excess generation over spring and summer. Six...
Ofgem mulls how to regulate internet of things, what to do if people don’t...
Ofgem has outlined the exponential challenge of regulating a smart energy market over which it would currently have limited jurisdiction.
In a new position paper,...
Vattenfall plans 22MW battery storage facility at South Wales wind farm
Utility Vattenfall plans to build its largest battery storage facility at a wind farm in South Wales.
Subject to a final investment decisions, the 22MW...
Can blockchain unlock demand-side response?
Blockchain technology could facilitate a fully decentralised energy system. Demand-side response would be a clear beneficiary, provided the industry cooperates, writes Electron chief operating...
Dong strikes deal to control Aggregated Micro Power’s Ashford flexible gas plant
Dong Energy will remotely control Ashford Power's flexible gas plant from its Denmark HQ after the two stuck a deal.
The aim is to capitalise...
Ofgem consults on major network charges review, small generators, storage and private wires in...
Ofgem has launched a consultation on network charging arrangements ahead of a major review. Everything is in the frame, from all aspects of distribution...
‘Forget blackout Britain: Flexibility will solve capacity issue’
Policymakers should reject calls for the UK to return to double digit margins of power capacity over demand and let flexible plant and agile companies...