National Grid ESO has set out a pathway to being able to operate the electricity system entirely on renewable sources by 2025. In order to achieve that goal, the system operator has to roll out new ways of managing system…
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ESO seeks market information for possible reactive power contracts in the Mersey area
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National Grid ESO has sent out a request for information to potential providers of reactive power services in the Mersey area. The ESO says there is an increasing need to control high voltage in the region. It has seen an increasing need to absorb…
First Japanese sale for Centrica’s DSR platform
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Centrica Business Solutions has joined forces with the venturing arm of Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to deliver industrial demand response capacity in Japan. Tepco Ventures will use Centrica’s FlexPond™ demand side response (DSR) platform to provide flexibility services for…
Cable to make charging decisions for Octopus customers with EVs
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Octopus Energy customers with an electric vehicle will be able to charge at low price periods using a ‘smart’ cable from Ohme. Once the cable is connected, the driver uses an app to set charging instructions (eg “On weekdays, charge my car…
First commercial contract for Piclo flexibility platform
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is to use Piclo’s software platform to trade electricity flexibility – the first commercial agreement between Piclo and a UK distribution network operator (DNO). SSEN will use Piclo’s flexibility marketplace to buy smart energy…
BEIS wants industry views on structuring new support for action on low carbon and energy efficency
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BEIS is asking how it should structure a new funding stream – the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – intended to help industry lower its energy and carbon costs. The new fund, announced in the autumn 2018 budget, has £315 million to…
Reactive Technologies wins Norwegian funding
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Reactive Technologies has won funding from the venture arm of Equinor (the Norwegian energy company previously known as Statoil) as a strategic investor. This is the latest development in Reactive’s major Series C funding round after Ingenious joined existing investors Octopus…
Industry minister quits over no-deal Brexit fears
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Industry minister Richard Harrington MP has resigned so that he can support efforts to avoid a no-deal Brexit. In his resignation letter, the now ex-minister said, the government was “playing roulette” with peoples’ lives and livelihoods. “The clear message I…
Financed solar/storage option targeted at UK business customers
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Generator Statkraft and storage company redT have announced a partnership to provide fully-financed behind-the-meter solar and energy storage infrastructure projects in the UK for commercial and industrial customers. The initial target is to install up to 10MWp of solar and…
Northern Ireland power market remains vulnerable in the event of no-deal
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The legal position of the Single Electricity Market linking Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland remains uncertain in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a new update from BEIS. That may require the government to seek additional powers…