Big gas users greet ESO’s extension to 23 December for DSR bids

Representatives of Britain’s heavy gas users in industries such as cement and glass have welcomed the gas grid operator’s decision to extend its deadline...

Thanks a million: 250k Octopus homes reap flex’s rewards

More than 250,000 Octopus customers have together saved over £1 million by delivering demand flexibility over four paid-for sessions, the energy group announced today. Operating...
SSE's Keadby power station: 735MW back online from 9 November.

Planners green-light Britain’s biggest battery, and first CCUS plant in Lincs

Innovative generation projects on opposite sides of Britain have this week received planning approval, speeding innovation in the nation’s dispersal and deployment of practical...

GridBeyond secures 271MW prequalified capacity for the Capacity Market

The Capacity Market Registers published on 29th November have confirmed that GridBeyond has prequalified 271 MW for the T-1 and 415 MW T-4 auctions...

Yorkshire at The Heart of Europe’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System

Transformers manufactured by a Leeds firm are playing a critical role in Europe’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS) by megawatt hours, which has...

GridBeyond takes part in the new Demand Flexibility Service

GridBeyond has been approved in the list of providers of new National Grid ESO Demand Flexibility Service (DFS). The service encourages consumers to cut...

Bring us 1 GW of European batteries, sing duetting RPC and Eelpower

A Europe-facing investment fund already a quarter of the way to its target of 1GW of grid-scale power storage made its  market debut today. RPC’s...

The Long-Term solution to our energy crisis is long-duration energy storage

The UK’s reliance on gas British reliance on volatile international gas markets has come into sharp focus. Spikes in energy costs led to Ofgem’s  80%...

Four big battery plants to ease Scotland’s clean transmssion

Over 1GW of new power storage was announced this morning for Scotland's transmission grid. Innovators Xenobe revealed plans for three amp hotels with a combined...

Buying flex from homes & firms ‘key in ensuring energy security’, says ADE

Cash incentives now offered by National Grid ESO to homes and businesses willing to tweak peak consumption patterns is a key step towards UK...

Flexibility – how local solutions help net zero

The energy crisis precipitated by the war in Ukraine, following hot on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented volatility leading to...

NextEnergy Solar extends paw, takes Lion’s share of 250MW battery portfolio

Battery investment fund NextEnergy Solar (NESF) is set to pay £32.5 million for development rights on an unbuilt portfolio of two-hour grid-scale storage, set...

Truss “blocks D-BEIS adverts on energy saving”, leaves firms to step up

Premier Liz Truss has reportedly blocked her energy secretary from running a £15 million publicity campaign encouraging homes to cut energy consumption. The Times this...

Welsh ministers set 25 MW wind & storage combo free to spin above Bridgend

Developers RES have won approval for the Upper Ogmore 25 MW wind farm and battery proposal, to be sited near Blaengarw and Nant-y-Moel close...

Gresham & Octopus: places in the sun, riffled by a German breeze

Two leading renewables investment funds today turned in sun-kissed, wind-burnished figures for 2022’s first half, storing up wealth for their backers. Gresham House Energy Storage...

Centrica starts work on 50MW battery storage plant at former gas power station

Centrica Business Solutions has announced plans to convert a decommissioned Lincolnshire gas-fired power station into a battery storage facility capable of supplying the equivalent...

Flexibility – We need your views

The Energyst is seeking views on demand-side response and battery storage. Our 2023 Flexibility survey forms the research component of our annual DSR and storage...

RES wins planners’ blessing for 100MW Durham battery

Clean energy developer RES has secured planning permission to progress a 99.9MW battery close to an existing substation near Spennymoor, County Durham. The mega-device is...

Moixa acquired by Lunar Energy

Moixa announced today it has been acquired by newly launched Lunar Energy, a US-based company with a mission to electrify the home and provide...

Stacking value and optimisation is the key to electricity storage

Electricity storage will need a significant increase to support the decarbonisation of the grid by 2050, but stacking value and optimisation is the key...