NG-DSO reveals 2-year action plan, offers more revenue stacking for flex
National Grid’s distribution division today launches its two-year action plan for its Distribution System Operator (DSO). Expanded provision for revenue stacking by flex providers...
Conrad Energy closes UK’s first standalone greenfield financing of two Pathfinder synchronous condenser projects...
Conrad Energy is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed the greenfield financing of its two Pathfinder synchronous condenser projects located in the...
Octopus brings 1.3 million Shell customers on board in record time
Octopus Energy has beaten its own record for customer adoption, successfully migrating all of Shell Energy’s 1.3 million customers onto its systems in record...
Government offers c.£400m. British Industry Supercharger to level field for energy-intensive industries
Around 370 businesses in energy intensive industries employing an estimated 400,000 workers are set to benefit from lower costs as a result of the...
Flex partners bring EV charging into grid’s STOR reserve for first time
Power storage aggregators Flexitricity say they've teamed up with a leading EV charging operator to bring vehicle-to-grid (V2G) flexibility into the National Grid’s reserve...
Consumer champion presses minister to help 500k heat networked homes
As Ofgem's latest price cap sends average household energy bills to their lowest level in two years, a consumer body is sounding the alarm...
Hadrian’s wally: B6 boundary implicated in <£1 Bn curtailment waste, says battery firm
Faster deployment of grid-scale proven battery technology could spare Britain’s power consumers over £730 million in curtailment fees wasted annually in temporarily disconnecting Scotland’s...
Watt -erloo sunset: ambitious electricity project to speed decarbonisation of River Thames
Power storage’s expanding acronym soup of competing technologies received another ingredient this morning. On Britain's rivers, V2G may soon include “vessel-to-grid”, as an alternative...
npower offers cash to community groups in Midlands and Yorks
Leading energy supplier npower Business Solutions has launched a new community fund, designed to support projects improving the environment, encouraging responsible business and supporting...
RWE signs first UK solar PPA, commits Notts & Northhants farms to Kerry Group
German energy leviathan RWE, a leading power producer in the UK, has signed its first solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Britain.
Benefitting for at...
Hunterston A stores 2,100 tonnes of its own radioactive waste; more to come
Over 2,100 tonnes of solid radioactive waste – the equivalent weight of 153 Big Ben bells - have been retrieved and safely stored at...
Ministry consults on ‘energy smart’ devices to cut consumers’ bills
Energy ministry D-ESNZ today launches a view-seeking exercise, aimed at boosting users’ confidence in adopting smart devices for workplaces and homes. Embedding power flexibility...
Corporate PPAs within a wider net zero context – webinar
Thank you for attending The Energyst's webinar. Please find the presentations from our speakers below and a link to the recording below. If you...
Co-op collects divi from ScottishPower’s solar PPA
Energy-to-food-to-burials supplier the Co-op Group has signed a PPA – power purchase agreement - to source electricity for its stores, funeral homes and depots...
Schools “need £5.4 Billion” for solar PV & LEDs, if Net Zero is to...
Photo credit: to National Grid/ Solar for Schools
Britain’s 29,000 schools need up to £5.4 billion invested in lighting upgrades and on-roof solar power generation,...
Harmony Energy receives £10m credit facility from Triodos Bank UK
Battery storage developer Harmony Energy has received credit facility of up to £10m from sustainable bank, Triodos, to support the development of new projects...
Sam’s vision: Midcounties teams with Big Solar Co-op to trim 5% from power bill
A store manager's initiative has led to one of Britain’s biggest co-operatively owned retailers partnering with The Big Solar Co-op in quest of cheaper,...
Stay safe, manage your power risks, urges UKPN
Britain’s biggest distributed network operator UK Power Networks is urging people to remember safety in 2024.
The company that provides regional power service to London,...
Long-duration storage heavyweight RheEnergise drops in for Plymouth pilot
RheEnergise, UK pioneers of long-duration power storage using its patented super-dense fluid, is building its first proof-of-concept plant at a mine at Cornwood, near...
Octopus now officially UK’s No 1 electricity supplier, deflates B Gas
Only eight years after starting up, Octopus Energy is now the UK's biggest power supplier, official figures just released reveal.
Greg Jackson’s bouncy renewables-to-heat pumps...