Robin Hood Energy sold to Centrica
Nottingham City Council-owned Robin Hood Energy has been sold to Centrica. Some 250 staff have been told they face redundancy, according to the Nottingham...
SME supplier Dual Energy becomes Smartest Energy Business
Smartest Energy Business is the new name for Dual Energy, the SME energy supplier acquired by Smartest Energy last year.
The Business division will continue...
Social Energy lands week-ahead FFR contract via domestic batteries
Social Energy has won a contact to provide firm frequency response (FFR) to National Grid ESO via its weekly auction using entirely domestic batteries.
The...
Thurrock Power: RWE throws spanner in works for UK’s biggest hybrid battery plant
RWE has taken issue with Statera’s plans for a 750MW hybrid flexible power plant at Thurrock, adjacent to its former Tilbury power station.
The firm...
Effortless Energy exits
Effortless Energy Ltd has ceased trading, Ofgem has confirmed. The supplier had around 2,500 domestic customers and a small number of business customers.
Trading as...
Gresham House eyes dynamic containment, availability payments to make battery storage “mainstream”
Gresham House Energy Storage thinks new services being brought to market by National Grid could enable battery storage to go mainstream.
The fund now has...
Simic Atlantis share price soars on Uskmouth debt finance framework
Simec Atlantis has seen its share price soar in early trading after striking a financing deal with South Korea's Hana Financial Investment (HFI) for...
SSE enters DSR market, woos I&C businesses and local authorities
SSE Enterprise is stepping up its push to bring industrial and commercial firms into flexibility markets and ancillary services with the formal launch of...
National Grid aims to replace Sizewell footroom with small generators
When its multimillion pound contract with EDF comes to an end, National Grid ESO aims to work with smaller generators, including wind and solar...
Summer balancing costs £718m and counting, Ofgem mulls what to do
The UK has incurred record power system balancing costs this summer as a result of Covid lockdowns and subsequent demand destruction.
Ofgem is now preparing...
TPI warns fixed energy contract prices set to soar
Fixed energy contract prices for industrial and commercial businesses are set to soar – and are likely far less ‘fixed’ than consumers believe, an...
A year since the last blackout, National Grid tells small generators to act
A year since the UK’s last major blackout, National Grid ESO is urging small generators to complete work so that they are less prone...
Npower doubles Eon’s UK sales, 5,000 job cuts loom, b2b sale undecided
Eon doubled UK energy sales in the first half of the year despite the impact of Covid-19, thanks to the inclusion of innogy operations,...
Auditors issue damning report on Robin Hood Energy
Auditors Grant Thornton have issued a damning report on the political and leadership failings that have left Robin Hood Energy’s future in the balance.
The...
South Somerset council now live with 30MW of battery storage
The final 5MW of battery storage at South Somerset District Council’s (SSDC) Fideoak Mill site in Taunton is now live, taking it to 30MW.
The...
Yü acquires Bristol Energy’s business customer book
Yü Energy has acquired Bristol Energy's business customer book, some 4,000 meter points, following a competitive tender.
Bristol City Council is also seeking a buyer...
Future Energy Scenarios: National Grid models big increases in DSR and its value
National Grid modelling suggests the volume of 'pure' demand-side response could double within two to three years as the value of flexibility sharply increases.
The...
Simec Atlantis breaks Uskmouth into two phases, eyes data centre build
Simec Atlantis intends to break its 220MW Uskmouth coal conversion project into two 110MW phases.
The firm said it had made the decision after talking...
Suffolk Council combines second-life battery system with solar and EV chargers
Suffolk County Council is adding second-life EV batteries to a low carbon energy system at the University of Suffolk’s Ipswich campus.
A new facility called...
Bigger batteries: Government lifts planning cap
Government has confirmed that batteries are exempt from the national planning regime.
To date, developers have capped schemes at 49.9MW to avoid going through the...