Industry groups have called on the government and Ofgem to incentivise network companies to prioritise procuring flexibility services before they take traditional reinforcement measures.   The group call their approach to managing the electricity grid “Flexibility First” and have urged Ofgem to…

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Pivot Power has won planning permission to build a £25 million 20MW battery at Nursling electricity sub-station in Southampton. It is the first of 45 sites across the UK where the company intends to site  50MW batteries. Construction is expected to start around March…

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The government is “massively out of step” with most of the public when it stands in the way of building more wind farms, according to new polling for RenewableUK. In YouGov of 3,600 adults on 5-7 June, 66% said they would…

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The UK will have much more power generating capacity in 2050 than in does today, up from 103GW to between 189GW and 286GW, National Grid says in its latest ‘Future Energy Scenarios’ document. The new capacity could be mainly be small, local…

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National Grid is working on the basis that the UK is not on a trajectory to meet its 2050 decarbonisation target. The assumption came in the System Operator’s annual Electricity Capacity Report, which assesses capacity needs four years ahead to set…

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UK Power Reserve has begun the tendering process for supplying 200MW of gas reciprocating engines.  The company won 200MW of contracts in the most recent Capacity Market auction, taking the company’s total portfolio to over 1GW. The company is now looking for  engine suppliers with:  •            …

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New market players aimed at encouraging switching are doing nothing to help build trust between the energy industry and consumers, according to Greg Jackson, founder of supplier Octopus Energy. “The current crop of auto switchers are just arbitraging loss-leading deals…

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