Gore Street acquires 50MW Ferrymuir battery project, eyes more in Scotland
Gore Street energy storage fund is to acquire another 50MW battery storage project following a fresh injection of funds.
The Ferrymuir project in Fife, Scotland,...
Storage heavyweights Highview raise £300 million to bring UK’s biggest LAES battery to Manchester
Compressed gas storage specialists Highview Power have raised £300 million from investors including Centrica & the UK Infrastructure Bank to build Britain’s first grid-scale...
volytica diagnostics partners with enspired to strengthen BESS Trading with Battery Health Insights
volytica diagnostics and enspired have joined forces in a strategic partnership to combine volytica's predictive battery analytics software with enspired's AI-driven real-time trading for...
Octopus Energy launches time of use tariff, targets businesses as well as households
Octopus Energy has launched a time of use tariff that will pay customers to use electricity when there is too much power on the...
National Grid DSO sees flex market assets double
Major strides have been made over the past year by National Grid Distribution System Operator (DSO) to increase the scale of its flexibility markets.
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SP Energy Networks pals with Piclo to primp end-to-end flex
SP Energy Networks has signed a two-year amity deal with platform provider Piclo to enable flex services using its independent marketplace, allowing flex providers...
UK Power Networks named world leader in Smart Grids
UK Power Networks has been ranked number one in the Smart Grid Index. Singapore-based SP Group, which produces the annual Smart Grid Index, placed UK Power...
Fidra Energy Secures 15-year Awards in Capacity Market Auction
Fidra Energy, a European battery energy storage system (BESS) platform headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, and backed by EIG, has secured awards for its new 1400MW...
Piclo flexes to the Max, plans global trades for 2024
Trading platform provider Piclo is readying for launch a product that will enable its clients to trade flexibility capacity on global markets.
Starting in the...
PeakGen and Zenobe land nine year reactive power contracts
PeakGen and Zenobe have won £8.7m in contracts to provide reactive power, which helps keep voltage stable, in Mersey.
National Grid said it had picked...
Schneider Electric launches battery energy storage solution
Schneider Electric, today announces the launch of its local battery energy storage solution, Schneider Boost Pro, across Europe. The new solution helps both commercial...
Piclo facilitates entry of EV chargers into the Capacity Market with Axle Energy
Piclo, the global marketplace for flexibility services and market access, is pleased to announce a successful secondary trade between Axle Energy and Oaktree Power,...
Octopus claims its flex customers “offset price cap rise”
Octopus Energy claims around a quarter of the households taking advantage of its ‘Saving Sessions’ flex scheme will escape the effects of this month’s...
Root-Power set to electrify battery storage sector
Root-Power, backed by the YLEM Group, has launched with an impressive pipeline approaching 2GW of battery storage projects strategically positioned across the UK.
This launch...
ENW, Piclo & Electron team up to maximise flex market access
Distribution grid operator Electricity North West is partnering with flex innovators Piclo & trading software firm Electron to help flexibility service providers (FSPs) maximise...
Heat pumps: NG launches second round of Equinox DSR trials
National Grid has kicked off the second stage of its award-winning Equinox DSR pilots after recruiting over 1,000 homes equipped with heat pumps.
During the...
Windel Energy and Recurrent Energy submit planning application for 150MW Buckland battery energy storage...
Renewable energy developers, Windel Energy, and Recurrent Energy have announced they have submitted a planning application to Dorset Council for the development of a...
AI-powered Hub allows households to actively participate in energy markets
Otovo (www.otovo.co.uk), a leading European residential solar and battery marketplace, today announces a partnership with British Virtual Power Plant Levelise (www.levelise.com) to transform how...
Iberdrola leads the European PPA market for the second consecutive year with more than...
For the second consecutive year, Iberdrola leads the European power purchase agreement market (PPA) with 1251MW in 2024, a 38% increase compared to 2023,...
Understanding arbitrage: 2019 will be ‘breakthrough year for battery storage’
2019 will be a “breakthrough year” for UK battery storage, believes Ben Irons, executive director at Habitat Energy, particularly if volatility drives big price...