Power management company Eaton is building an energy service for data centres that will enable organisations to participate in grid level frequency regulation by using UPS back-up power. The service is aimed at large data centre operators and will launch across…

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National Grid and Reactive Technologies have claimed a first in continuously measuring and monitoring grid stability – or system inertia – across the energy network. Previously, inertia has always been estimated. The ability to measure accurately is expected to have…

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Carmaker Nissan and energy company OVO have announced plans to offer a vehicle-to-grid deal to customers buying a Nissan LEAF from January 2018. The two are also combining to launch OVO SolarStore (beta), which will allow OVO customers with solar PV households…

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Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced the consortium of seven UK universities that will form the Faraday Battery Institute, a new £65 million research institute responsible for building the UK’s status as a global leader in battery research and technology.…

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ITM Power, which produces hydrogen for use in vehicles, has announced a plans to raise £25 million in a new share offering to existing shareholders and a further £4.4 million through an open offer. The placing is being conducted by…

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The government’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has awarded funding to energy tech company Electron to show that blockchain can transform the market for balancing the electricity grid. The grant will enable the company to scale and integrate a blockchain trading platform…

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A £32 million plant anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has been completed in Dagenhamfor food waste recycler ReFood (UK) Ltd  to take food waste in the south of England. The gas to grid (G2G) facility can accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste…

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The government should look to bring digital comparison tools (DCTs) like price comparison websites into ‘into regulators’ scope’ in energy and telecoms, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended. It said, “Where regulation of suppliers’ sales and marketing activities…

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A new solar farm to be opened today by Claire Perry MP,  Minister for Climate Change & Industry, is claimed to be the first solar farm in the UK to operate without a government subsidy.The 10MW farm at Clayhill near Flitwick…

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Ofgem wants customers to be able to switch energy supplier reliably in one day by 2020 and is planning to produce a work programme in 2018 to deliver that objective. Now it has asked the industry for views on the…

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