National Grid has announced it will stop tendering four frequency response and two short term operating reserve (STOR) products, aiming to reduce complexity and help new providers enter the market. The System Operator will bring Enhanced Frequency Response, Rapid Frequency…
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ENA seeks views on gas and electricity innovation
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The Energy Networks Association has launched a consultation on its Gas Network Innovation Strategy. The strategy sets out the challenges and the opportunities facing the gas transmission and distribution networks as the UK looks to decarbonise its energy system. It…
Call for ideas: electricity System Operator wants innovation, £70M funding available
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Electricity System Operator (SO) National Grid is looking for innovators to put forward projects for the 2018 Network Innovation Competition (NIC) process. The competition is operated by the regulator, Ofgem, and it makes funding available to inspire large-scale and industry innovations…
Gas networks call for ideas from outside the industry: £20M funding available for innovation
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The UK’s gas networks want ideas for innovation that can deliver cost, carbon or environmental benefits for customers. The companies will be able to access innovation funding of up to £20 million per annum through the Networks Innovation Competition (NIC) and…
Industry expects data companies to beat utilities to use residential demand flexibility
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Data businesses will be ahead of utilities in the rollout of residential demand management (RDM), which will allow users to participate in balancing supply and demand, according to a survey of industry professionals carried out by Green Energy Options (Geo),…
Centrica: business fears power failures – but does not make it a priority
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Businesses underestimate the cost of electricity failures, according to Centrica Business Solutions. In a survey of UK and Irish businesses, senior energy decision-makers who had not experienced a serious energy failure predicted the cost to their business would be 7%…
OPINION: Top ten? Board-member checklist tests stakeholder engagement
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How effective is your board in meeting ‘future customer’ and stakeholder needs? Sustainability First has developed a check-list for the boards of energy companies to use to assess that question. Within your corporate structure, is it clear where responsibility sits for…
Industry reacts to Helm review
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Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy, UCL: “There is a lot to agree with here – and much to chew on. But it would help if Helm acknowledged that the dramatic technology cost reductions he highlights were largely…
Open Utility wins funding to develop local flexibility trading
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Open Utility has won £412,500 in funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) to develop an online marketplace for local electricity flexibility trading. The marketplace will help distribution network operators (DNOs) play an active…
Invitation to tender imminent for smart meter comms fix
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An invitation to tender (ITT) is due for publication this week for for Alternative Home Area Network technologies and solutions. The Alt HAN procurement is part of the smart meter rollout. It is needed to address 3.5% of buildings where…