Is it a gamble to add storage to a renewable energy site? Louise Dalton, senior associate in the energy at law firm CMS, considers the legal position
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Energy storage: legal and regulatory barriers to overcome
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Storage is increasingly seen as the answer to making the energy system more efficient and cost-effective. But legal and regulatory barriers are making it hard to make use of developing storage technologies at least cost. Louise Dalton, senior associate in the energy team at international law firm CMS, details the hurdles that have to be overcome before storage can step up
Battery storage the big winner in sub-second frequency response tender
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National Grid has accepted eight bids for companies to provide so-called Enhanced Frequency Response, reacting in less than a second to help keep electricity flows in balance. The tender will see batteries used to balance at grid scale for the…
Project Nexus remains at ‘red’ status with no certainty on go-live
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Efforts to get Project Nexus, the programme to replace the central settlement system for gas, back on track have struggled to turn the programme around and there is still “significant risk to go-live”, according to an August update. Project Nexus…
National Grid to bear £17.7 million of extra Black Start contract costs, £54 million can be recouped from customers
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Regulator Ofgem has said National Grid must bear £17.7 million of a £113 million bill it incurred procuring so-called ‘Black Start’ services. Within that bill customers will pay an additional £54 million, above budgetted costs, because Ofgem said National Grid…
Demand Side Response tender fails to bring forward offers for winter 2016/17
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National Grid is talking afresh to demand side balancing reserve (DSBR) providers about how they can respond to the need for peak services this winter, after it had ‘minimal’ response to its June tender for the service to be provided…
‘Sticky’ customer databases, white label products, and customer switching: key data questions
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Once again customers are being urged to switch energy supplier to take advantage of the cheapest deals. It’s good advice. Switching numbers are increasing as so-called ‘white label’ brands enter the market. Some are apparently supplied by familiar names like…
Development consent granted for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
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The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has received development consent from business and energy secretary Greg Clark. When complete, the windfarm will provide up to 1,800MW of low carbon electricity to around 1.8 million UK homes. The windfarm would create…
Teesside biomass plant reaches financial close
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Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Commodities and Financial Markets have reached financial close on £900 million of funding for a 299MW biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant on Teesside. Developed by MGT Power, Tees REP is claimed to be the world’s…
How can we ensure domestic electricity pricing is smart and fair in future?
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Sustainability First’s Jon Bird looks at the results of time-of-use charging trials in energy and water and finds that there are winners and losers. It may be impossible to make it fair for everyone, but we must tackle the extremes, he says