Analyst boss doubts NG’s residential load-shedding drive
A leading analyst has questioned the effectiveness of National Grid’s hopes of extending pre-announced load-shedding into domestic power supply.
The backbone operator was yesterday reported...
Ofgem’s £21 billion RIIO-ED2 gauntlet squeezes DNOs with ‘tough efficiency challenges”
Britain’s energy regulator is seeking stakeholder views on investments plans totalling £20.9 billion which will shape the nation’s electricity network until 2028.
Before making its...
DNOs react to Ofgem’s RIIO-ED2 direction
Regional network monopolies are girding their loins for the last leg of negotiations with Britain’s power regulator, before it binds them in December to...
SMITN poleaxes DNO into deeper love for users’ data
Britain’s biggest regional gridco Western Power Distribution is seeking new ways to crunch data from its smart meters, readying its switches and wires for...
ENW confirms £1 million upgrades for Windermere, floats electric ferry notion
Regional grid operator Electricity North West next month begins £1 million worth of upgrade work. One task will speed the arrival of Lake Windermere’s...
ENW offers £10 million for biggest ever flex appeal
Electricity North West today launches its biggest ever flexibility requirements, its eleventh and largest tender in the business’ history.
2018 saw the UK’s regional grids...
Gas losing its puff? Business on-site renewables “can displace imports by 2035”, nPower believes
British firms' on-site, on-roof or on-campus generation of clean power could supplant imported gas as early as 2035, corporate supplier nPower Business Solutions calculates.
Solar...
Britain lags in race for renewables, says new REA study
As Premiership players begin their break over the five weeks of Qatar’s controversial World Cup, away from football Britain already languishes in Europe’s “relegation...
Bring us 1 GW of European batteries, sing duetting RPC and Eelpower
A Europe-facing investment fund already a quarter of the way to its target of 1GW of grid-scale power storage made its market debut today.
RPC’s...
Ofgem tables RIIO-ED2 decisions, draws capex map to 2028 for nets’ upgrades, storage, clean...
Under-fire regulator Ofgem today confirmed RIIO-ED2 investment plans, shaping six DNOs’ capex budgets which will fund upgrades and improvements in 14 local networks up...
GridBeyond secures 271MW prequalified capacity for the Capacity Market
The Capacity Market Registers published on 29th November have confirmed that GridBeyond has prequalified 271 MW for the T-1 and 415 MW T-4 auctions...
Big gas users greet ESO’s extension to 23 December for DSR bids
Representatives of Britain’s heavy gas users in industries such as cement and glass have welcomed the gas grid operator’s decision to extend its deadline...
Zenobē signs Stateside deal with Japanese partner
Founded only five years ago, the London-based operator says its 235MW of grid-connected batteries in the UK contributes to its status as the largest...
Smart meters box clever through strongest year for data growth
Britain’s national network of smart meters, developed and maintained by the Data Communications Company (DCC), grew by over 6.3 million meters last year, a...
2022’s grid is UK’s second greenest ever, as wind output beats 20GW
Renewable sources set new records for UK electricity generation last year, beaten only by 2020’s year of peak lockdown.
Wind, hydro and solar together accounted...
Ofgem fines Drax £6 million for three years of Balancing Mechanism excess claims
Renewables generator Drax has admitted breaches of its licence in relation to unjustified Balancing Mechanism claims made during repeated periods of grid constraint.
Implying today...
Scots hill to roar with power, as Tag tags Santander for big battery
Power storage provider TagEnergy has secured funding for its fourth amp-amungous crèche-for-coulombs in the UK, the 49.9MW/100MWh Roaring Hill development in Fife.
Santander UK are...
Lack of long-duration batteries “costs UK £60 Billion in four months”: and the Germans...
Britain’s continuing failure to store renewable electricity at scale has left the country wasting £ 60 billion on imported gas over just four months...
Hydrogen genset firm GeoPura expands with £36m from GM & friends
Hydrogen-fuelled power makers GeoPura have secured £36 million in growth funds from heavyweight investors including Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and the venture capital arm...
REMA responses “strengthen case for radical reform”: Cornwall
Replies to Britain’s biggest ever consultation on energy market reform underline the case for a far-reaching revamp, consultants Cornwall Insight believe.
D-ESNZ yesterday published its...