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Five electric vehicles take Islington town hall off grid
Islington Council can now run its town hall entirely off grid at peak times, using five Nissan ENV200 electric vans to provide power.
Under a...
EV Taskforce: Create better flex incentives for electric vehicles
Stronger incentives and new markets will be required to unlock potentially gigawatts of electric vehicle flexibility, according to a government-appointed taskforce.
The call was among...
Balancing mechanism now open to smaller players
Smaller generators and aggregated loads can now access the balancing mechanism (BM), opening up a £1.1bn market for demand-side response and flexible technologies.
National Grid...
EVs: Co-ordinate smart charging or risk CO2 and ‘new super peak’
Without adequate smart charging incentives and policy, electric vehicles will save substantially less CO2 because drivers will naturally charge during evening peaks, when demand...
Smartest Energy starts trading flex in balancing mechanism
Smartest Energy has started trading flexibility within the balancing mechanism (BM), dispatching first megawatts today at £74/MWh.
The company provides power purchase agreements (PPAs) to...
EVs: Understand grid constraints before diving in
Total’s James Turner says businesses that plan ahead for EV uptake will save cost and effort in the long run.
When it comes to installing...
Businesses outline incentives needed to boost EV infrastructure
The Energyst asked businesses what incentives or policies would help them switch to electric vehicles and install charging infrastructure. Here is a selection of...
Electric vehicles and infrastructure: Making the numbers stack up
EVs are going to hit the UK in big numbers. The question is when and how should businesses prepare?
National Grid has modelled up to...
Project Terre: What’s it worth?
Wider access to the Balancing Mechanism and the launch of the European replacement reserve market (Terre), will provide new routes to market for demand-side...
Battery storage: Balancing risk and reward
Andy Lowe, Head of Business Development at Flexitricity discusses the emerging battery storage opportunity as the UK transitions towards a low-carbon economy. As the development...
Testing opens for balancing mechanism and Terre
Companies that want to trade power in the GB balancing mechanism – and the European reserve exchange called Terre – can start to test...
Anesco and WPD strike flexible capacity agreement for battery
Anesco and Western Power Distribution have struck a flexible capacity agreement that they claim is the first of its kind.
Anesco said the arrangement, which...
UK Power Networks launches time of use smart EV charging trial
UK Power Networks has launched a smart charging trial that will incentivise electric car drivers to charge at times that best suit the local...
Terre delayed, France blamed
The launch of the European balancing scheme slated to go live at the end of this year is set to be pushed back until...
Optimising revenue from battery storage
In this video case study, Flexitricity’s Head of Business Development, Andy Lowe, and Anesco’s Asset Management Director, Mike Ryan, discuss successful asset optimisation strategies,...
Capacity market auction clears at 77p
The T-1 capacity auction for delivery next winter has cleared at 77p/kW. Some 129 units have been awarded an agreement, totalling 3.6GW of capacity.
By...
New conduct code to build trust in demand-side response
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has launched a new compliance initiative that will make it easier for businesses to participate in demand-side response...
Centrica bundles EV charging, solar and battery storage
Centrica Business Solutions is hoping to take a slice of the burgeoning EV market by bundling charging infrastructure with solar, storage and energy supply.
The...
ADE launches Flex Assure scheme for demand-side response aggregators
The Association for Decentralised Energy has launched an assurance scheme in a bid to improve market transparency and trust in demand-side response (DSR).
The scheme...
Electric vehicles: Define ‘smart’ charging, urge DNOs
UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid on the need to define what smart charging actually means, greater low voltage network visibility and how businesses...