Dong Energy enters demand-side response with wind power balancing service
Dong Energy has entered the demand response market with its own wind power balancing tool. It wants large business customers to shift power loads...
Sweet for FA: Government pays Football Association to cut power use
The Football Association is one of 24 organisations that will be paid to permanently reduce electricity demand by the UK government.
The Department of Energy...
National Grid buys 475MW of demand response to cover next winter
National Grid has procured almost 803MW of extra power capacity to cover winter 2016/17, when the system is expected to be at its tightest...
The capacity market Transitional Arrangements: A tradeoff, not a trap
As the first round of demand response capacity auctions close, Enernoc's Pete Holzaepfel argues in this sponsored post that the Transitional Arrangements, while not perfect,...
Energy Technologies Institute: Let private firms lead smartgrid trials
Private companies should be put in charge of energy innovation projects rather than energy network operators, according to the head of the Energy Technologies...
Esos, demand response and brokers before the beak: top stories in 2015
Stories about Esos, thin power margins, demand response and energy brokers rapped for poor business practices were the most read articles on the energyst.com...
One ring to rule smartgrid
The UK needs a single body to plan and optimise the overall energy system and it needs to stop trying to reinvent the wheel...
40% of firms say they could shift energy use times as National Grid asks...
Some 40% of UK company directors say their business could be more flexible in its shift patterns or when it consumes energy, according to...
Government to consult on DSR in spring, aggregator Open Energi signs big deal
As government confirms it will consult in spring on bringing down the barriers to demand side response (DSR), battery storage and smarter grids, DSR...
Power only half the story as volatility hits energy bills in 2016
Wholesale power prices declined for 2015 with anticipated softening into 2016. Yet bills are expected to rise and the market to become increasingly volatile....
Value judgement: Npower talks up transitional capacity market, Flexitricity talks it down
Npower is trying to drum up more interest from retailers in demand response provision ahead of the transitional capacity auction next month. The problem...
Demand response provider teams with Honeywell, touts for new business
Honeywell and demand response aggregator Pearlstone Energy have announced plans to build a 200MW demand response portfolio within five years. The aggregator will deploy Honeywell's...
National Grid buys 3.6GW of back-up power to meet winter demand, DSR tender to...
National Grid has procured some 3.58 GW of back-up power for next winter at a cost of £122.4 million.
The system operator ran the supplemental...
UK firms plan major energy efficiency push ahead of power price spikes
More than nine out of ten (93%) company directors plan to implement energy efficiency or demand response measures in 2016.
Surveyed by The Energyst ahead of...
Are you ready for Triad season?
The clocks going back signalled the start of the Triad season. In this sponsored post, SmartestEnergy key account manager Mark Cox explains why both...
National Grid plays down blackout fears but calls for more demand response
National Grid has disputed figures that suggest the UK will face a significant power capacity shortfall next winter. However, it underlined the need to scale...
National Grid to launch two new demand side tools, urges firms to sign up
Demand Side Response (DSR) is breathing new life into the UK’s energy system. It offers lucrative incentives to businesses that can reduce - or...
National Infrastructure Commission to focus on energy storage and demand response
The new infrastructure body led by Lord Adonis has made balancing the UK’s power system a national priority.
The National Infrastructure Commission will publish three...
Rudd: Price spikes from tight winter margins will not hurt customers
The lesson learned from last week’s tight margin call by National Grid is that security of supply must be the government’s core focus, according to...
National Grid: Tight power margin call ‘business as usual’ not blackout indicator
National Grid has moved to play down blackout fears following a notice of insufficient margin (NISM) yesterday.
The system operator issued its first NISM for...