Demand side flexibility (DSF) has been winning market share in National Grid ESO’s ancillary service markets, according to the Power Responsive annual report. Product evolution has seen some settle to ‘natural price points’, the system operator said, but it indicated…
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Power generators asked ‘how low can you go?’ as NGESO seeks services to manage depressed demand
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National Grid ESO wants to contract power operators who can offer so-called ‘SuperSEL’ (stable export limits) services to help it keep the grid stable at times of very low demand. It wants to know about plants’ reactive power, inertia and…
InterGen to pay £37M for power market manipulation
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Generating company InterGen has to pay £37,291,000 in restitution and fines after Ofgem found it had manipulated the power market during 2016. An Ofgem investigation found that InterGen made £12.8 million when its staff manipulated the market during four days…
Zeigo completes funding round
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Zeigo has closed a £800,000 Seed Funding Round led by Naruhisa Nakagawa, founder of Caygan Capital. Zeigo is an energy tech platformthat connects corporate energy buyers (private and public sector) with renewable energy generators and suppliers.It allows customers to promptly…
CCC directs ministerial attention to a ‘net zero’-focused exit from CV-19
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The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is preparing to set out advice to ministers on ensuring that rebuilding efforts after the CV-19 crisis support a ‘just transition’ towards Net Zero emissions and strengthen the UK’s preparedness for climate change. It will…
Welsh tidal stream project recruits three developers
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North Wales tidal stream energy project, Morlais, has signed up three new turbine developers. French firms Sabella and HydroQuest, and Spanish developer Magallanes, all aim to deploy devices on a commercial scale at the Crown Estate-designated zone off the coast of…
From the fax to the future: the system operator needs to take a big leap
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National Grid’s system operators are both doing a great job – in gas and electricity – balancing supply and demand and managing the system through the Coronavirus crisis. It is groundbreaking stuff. It’s not made any easier by the legacy…
System Operator seeks new options to manage low demand: negative capacity reserve and accessing distribution assets ‘on the table’
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National Grid ESO said that a ‘Negative Capacity Reserve’ was one option on the table to help manage expected prolonged periods of low demand over the summer due to Coronavirus measures. It asked industry members for their suggestions on new…
Environmental Audit Committee wants evidence on low-carbon innovation and offshore wind
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The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry, Technological Innovation and Climate Change,considering how British innovation could tackle climate change, and is inviting written evidence. The UK is expected to exceed the target set out in the third Carbon Budget…
Selkie Project seeks tidal and wave developers – call for tenders extended
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Calls for tenders looking for two companies – a tidal energy developer and a wave energy developer – to join the SELKIE project have both been extended to 30 April. The Selkie project aims to improve the performance of marine energy…