Sebastiaan van Dort, associate director & head of energy at BSI, says standards are the simple way to get innovation and confidence into the energy industry. And a ‘flex’ approach means standards can developn alongside their use cases A…
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NGGT probes gas emergency arrangements’ link with power generation, fearing ‘no robust methodology’. Are gas engine fleets ‘free riding’?
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The changing nature of assets connected to the gas network present “a very real problem that needs a solution” in the event of a gas supply emergency, National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) said at a meeting that kicked off examination…
Shifting sands of network options present conundrum for competitors and consumers
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The NGESO’s annual Network Options Assessment (NOA), published in January, set new network investment in train, with a recommendation that 41 new-build options proceed, at a total cost of £13.9B. The recommendation would see £183M invested this year. But the decision also highlighted the potentially…
Keeping a weather eye on the gas market
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Janet Wood explores some of the natural phenomena that influence gas demand and supply Sometimes a glance out of the window will give you some clues as to gas demand. It’s simple enough to assume that on a cold…
INTERVIEW: Stephen Stead, SSE Enterprise, prepares to bid aggregated response into Balancing Market
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SSE Enterprise is getting set to enter the Balancing Market . The Enterprise business sits alongside SSE Group’s networks businesses (distribution, transmission and an independent business that competes on new connections) and its supply arm. New Power’s Janet Wood talked to Stephen Stead,…
Resilience: exploring the Brexit penalty
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Janet Wood explores some of the issues the GB power industry has to consider in its future as a third party connected to the EU’s Internal Energy Market After the Brexit referendum the fear was expressed that electricity imports…
INTERVIEW: Mark Futyan, Anesco
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Mark Futyan started work on transforming Anesco just before the lockdown started. But as he told New Power in this interview first published in August 2020, transforming a relatively small company like Anesco was a very different prospect than making…
Floating wind faces tough CfD hurdle: is UK ambition high enough?
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The floating wind industry may be forced to meet tougher standards than the fixed offshore wind industry in order to win a Contract for Difference (CfD). In the upcoming CfD auction, fixed offshore wind will have a dedicated subsidy ‘pot’…
Habitat Energy takes on fourth Gresham House battery storage site
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Habitat Energy has added the 22MWh Lockleaze battery to its platform – the fourth Gresham House battery it is optimising. Habitat has been optimising over 100MWh of Gresham House batteries since February 2020 and is the batteries in NGESO’s Dynamic Containment product…
ITM’s hydrogen ‘Gigafactory’ moves into manufacturing operation – read our interview
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ITM Power has announced that fit out of its 1GW/yr ‘Gigafactory’ at Bessemer Park has now reached ‘Practical Completion’ – contractors have handed the completed building and manufacturing can begin- having suffered only a minor delay from the Covid-19 pandemic. ITM…