Demand Turn Up: What worked and what didn’t work in summer grid balancing trial?
National Grid's first demand turn up trial concluded at the end of September. The Energyst asked aggregators how they see the service taking shape.
Demand...
Who needs an EFR contract? Somerset solar site installs ‘grid scale’ Tesla battery storage...
Tesla's commercial scale battery storage units are being installed at a ground-mounted solar PV site in Somerset. The company managing the project, Camborne Energy...
Virtue: An internet of energy
Sponsored post: Virtue is an integrated energy management and micro-grid solution with smart grid control. It is forming an integral part in the future...
Dong Energy: Value of a flexible megawatt will increase, ‘so be careful where you...
Dong Energy managing director of sales, Jeff Whittingham, believes the value of electricity loadshifting will increase significantly over the next five years. As such,...
Trinity Mirror Group to earn up to £1m from demand-side response
Trinity Mirror Group hopes to earn between £800,000 and £1million from demand side response (DSR) this financial year.
The firm’s calculations are based on hitting all...
National Grid says 2020 DSR target “totally achievable”, mulls longer contracts
National Grid head of commercial operations Cathy McClay believes the system operator’s 2020 target to achieve up to half of grid balancing from demand-side...
Aggregators: Don’t fear disruption from demand-side response
Most operations have some degree of power consumption flexibility, according to aggregators, yet relatively few organisations participate in balancing services, according to The Energyst's...
Fear of disruption hobbling demand-side response uptake by UK firms – free report
A survey of 200 end-users finds most businesses are interested in earning revenue from demand-side response. However many continue to fear disruption to operations...
Last 10 free places for demand-side response conference next week
We have 10 remaining free tickets for end-user organisations* at our demand-side response conference in London next Thursday.
The aim of the event is to...
More than half of industrial and commercial firms investigating energy storage
Almost six in ten industrial and commercial (I&C) firms are considering investment in energy storage, according to a survey by The Energyst.
Across all sectors,...
National Grid awards seven firms £66m of enhanced frequency response contracts
National Grid has awarded enhanced frequency response (EFR) contracts worth £66m to seven companies. Most of the contracts are for battery storage.
EFR is a...
Battery storage: Positive outlook?
Costs are falling but batteries are still expensive. Bankable revenues are hard to come by and developers want more routes to market. But others...
National Grid calls time on Demand-Side Balancing Reserve
National Grid will not procure further reserve services from demand-side response providers via the Demand-Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR).
In a notice to stakeholders, Cathy McClay,...
National Grid gets more money for demand-side response
National Grid will be allowed to spend more money promoting and simplifying demand-side response, the regulator has said.
The company's regulated spending and return is...
What’s after enhanced frequency response for batteries, SmartestEnergy asks National Grid
SmartestEnergy has urged National Grid to set out a roadmap for batteries within the balancing services market.
Ahead of the results of the first Enhanced...
Can National Grid hit its 2020 demand-side response target?
In June last year National Grid committed to procuring 30-50% of balancing services from demand-side sources rather than power stations. Since then the system...
Limejump boss: Big six will have to acquire demand-response aggregators ‘or fall by the...
Traditional utilities risk obsolescence in the face of more nimble competition, according to Limejump CEO Erik Nygard. He thinks they may not have much time to...
Revenue and complexity limiting demand-side response but price spikes may drive uptake
Many businesses see the demand-response market as too complex and think higher revenues or incentives are required to increase uptake, according to a new...
Open Energi strikes deal with controls firm to unlock 8MW of university demand-side response
Aggregator Open Energi has struck a deal with controls firm Prefect Controls that it says will unlock 8MW of demand-side response capability from water...
Tesla: People don’t engage with energy bills. But they will have to
Tesla Energy has warned that businesses will soon bear the full costs of a rapidly changing energy market. Boardrooms may face a rude awakening. Meanwhile...