Low electricity demand in the summer could present a challenge to managing the electricity system, system operator NGESO said in its weekly Covid-19 briefing. The balance of supply and demand in the summer has been a growing problem over recent…

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A site-by-site programme to upgrade small-scale power generating plant so it “rides through” disturbances has been suspended because it requires engineers to visit thousands of power sites. But National Grid is in discussion with BEIS, Ofgem and other major stakeholders over…

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Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s new 10MW battery has gone into operation using Origami’s smart grid technology. The battery is in Brentwood, Essex. SSE Business Energy is the licensed supplier and power offtaker for the battery, which uses batteries supplied by Japanese…

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E.On has successfully issued a €750 million green bond with a tenor of 5.5 years. The comopany said that despite the significant market disruptions caused by Covid 19, it secured  favourable interest terms: the bonds have a coupon of 1%. “The…

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Wärtsilä has begun combustion trials using ammonia fuel. The aim is to explore the potential to use ammonia instead. In the test, ammonia was first injected into a combustion research unit to investigate its properties. The tests will be continued…

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SSE has signalled a potential rescheduling or reduction in dividend payments during the coming year to manage the effects of Coronavirus. The company said in an update on 27 March that it still planned to recommend dividends of 80p per…

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Barclays has announced plans to “become a net zero bank by 2050”.  It said, “We’ve made a firm commitment to align our entire financing portfolio to the goals of the Paris Agreement.  That means our own operations, and the financing…

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Energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng MP has signed into law an order that will extend the registration deadline for up to 250 small-scale renewable energy installations – many being developed by community groups from 31 March to 30 September. The projects…

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Bristol’s Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has updated its  database of postcodes that are not connected to the gas network with data from 2017 (the most recent available). The data, which includes the census area and the co-ordinates of the centre of each…

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Harmony Energy has won planning permission for a 49.5MW battery in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Grid, land rights and  planning permission are now all secured, and Harmony said it can move forward with the lithium-ion scheme on land adjacent to Salisbury substation.…

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