Northern Powergrid’s communications ‘completely unacceptable’ after Storm Arwen, says minister
Communications with its customers by Northern Powergrid, the DNO with at least 1,600 homes left still unconnected ten days after Storm Arwen devastated northern...
Regulator probes transcos’ and DNOs’ Storm Arwen response
Ofgem today announced a review of transmission and distribution networks’ responses to Storm Arwen, as thousands of homes awaited reconnection after seven days of...
Two DNOs pledge £10 Billion for RIIO-ED2 upgrades, as Ofgem fines Western Link duo...
Two distributed network operators (DNOs) including Britain’s biggest WPD today passed to Ofgem final plans totalling more than £ 10 billion for network upgrades...
National Grid half year results: Pre-tax up 75%, op profit up 47%, capex up...
Britain’s privatised backbone system operator pleased investors today with strong results for the six months to September.
Against a steady-state base of continuing activities, National...
ENA flexes for openness, seeks ON responses and applicants to chair top body
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has taken steps to improve governance & transparency for its Open Networks programme, launching a new stakeholder group and...
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...
Ovo’s demand shifting trial rewards customers with £150k
Electricity supplier Ovo Energy paid out nearly £150k over the winter to customers opting to switch their times of consumption.
Power Move, the challenger retailer’s...
Smart meter roll out ‘will struggle to meet 2025 deadline’: Cornwall Insight
The government’s goal of achieving a smart meter in every British home by 2025 is looking harder to achieve, according to new polling of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
World’s biggest continuous ultracapacitor on Teesside “super-stabilises” National Grid
A clever piece of power storage engineering from innovators Reactive Technologies has today dramatically upped stability capabilities on the National Grid.
The world’s biggest continuously...
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...
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...