British Lithium extracts ‘pilot quantity’ lithium from Cornwall

 Rocks under Britain’s west country have yielded up the first ore for a pioneering venture to home-source battery grade lithium. British Lithium Limited believes...

Ofgem warns Balancing Mechanism players

Rocketing costs of last-minute interventions needed to balance Britain’s power grid have prompted an Ofgem warning that it stands ready to tighten market rules...

At 360 MW, Teesside primed to host Europe’s biggest battery

The North-east industrial cluster of Teesside is set to be the location for a planned 360 MW battery storage system, billed as Europe's largest. Sembcorp...

Staunch greenwash sleaze? Track carbon through grid in real time, say Elexon and ES...

Restoring integrity to tarnished "clean power" certificates can be best guaranteed with new rules and new tech, tracking carbon from seed to flower through...

National Grid ESO to digitise Britain’s energy system and advance the transition to net...

National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has launched, in what it claims is a world-first, a programme to build a digital replica of the...

Centrica plugs in for 650MW solar by 2026, as Atrato seeks £150 million

Energy giant Centrica has formed a team to oversee installation by mid-decade of 650MW of solar farms and 300MW of batteries. The UK and continental...

WPD launches Net Zero innovations appeal

Hot on the heels of last night’s royally-endorsed Earthshot contest, Britain’s biggest power distributor today launches its own appeal for clean tech ideas, seeking...

Conrad Energy signs 104MWh battery energy storage order with GE Renewable Energy  

Conrad Energy, the UK’s largest flexible power producer, and GE Renewable Energy are delighted to announce the signing of a major framework agreement for...

Flexitricity and Kaluza team up to expand V2G-based grid balancing

Kaluza, Ovo’s offshoot developing intelligent energy platforms, is teaming up with aggregator Flexitricity to provide a new service in grid flexibility, expanding near-home level...

‘Ton up’ near M25 at Upminster: dynamic duo prep Essex for near-100 MW battery

Ground has been broken near London’s M25 motorway, ready to house one of Britain’s biggest grid-scale batteries. Tesla Megapack’s lithium ion technology is the core...

CMA formally approves National Grid’s purchase of WPD 

National Grid’s £7.8 billion acquisition of Britain’s largest electricity distribution business has won formal approval from the competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority announced...

JCG doubles investment in Highview Power’s energy storage technology

Janus Continental Group (JCG), a conglomerate with businesses in the Energy, Hospitality and Real Estate sectors across three continents, has announced that it has made a...

Ofgem bids to equal up licence terms for restoration and balancing

Licence changes are now being sought by Ofgem, aimed at raising standards for grid restoration services to the level of norms which already govern...

SSE sparks up yet another non-wilting Wilts. battery

Generator-retailer SSE is making its first connection in Britain’s sparky market for grid-scale storage, acquiring rights to Harmony Energy’s 50 MW battery development in...

WPD champions home flex to uncork Net Zero bottlenecks

Western Power Distribution is bidding to incentivise more home-based flex services, en route to boosting the benefits of a more efficient energy system in...

Reactive Technologies on $15 million expansion trail, as it preps National Grid delivery

Grid technology innovators Reactive Technologies have raised $15 million from investors to fund expansion. Based in London and in Oulu, Finland, the company devises data...

ENA: Seven months of Flex trading equals hooking ‘half a Hinckley Point C’ to...

The first seven months of this year have seen grid flexibility contracts and smart energy deals outpacing all of 2020’s transactions by 45% in...

Government seeks answers on Capacity Market’s future

Beis is opening a debate on the future of the Capacity Market, inviting views on its early alignment with Net Zero, and more fundamentally...

Arenko signs new contract to provide UK trading services to Vattenfall Wind Power Limited

Arenko has signed a trading optimisation services agreement with Vattenfall's Pen y Cymoedd 228MW Wind Farm, co-located with battery in South Wales. Vattenfall’s 22MW was the first in...

Vodafone’s 5G pilot to deliver flex signals across UKPN’s substations

An Ofgem-funded pilot now in development by mobile telco Vodafone and UK Power Networks aims to explore 5G telecommunications technology as a platform for...