National Grid ESO has opened a tender for suppliers of reactive power services in the Mersey region, seeking services from transmission and distribution-connected (33kV and above) providers and from aggregators. Providers must be ready to supply the service – reactive…
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AI used to monitor EVs and technologies used on low voltage network
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Western Power Distribution (WPD), ElectraLink and IBM have joined forces to launch a virtual monitoring (VM) data project, funded through WPD’s Network Innovation Allowance. The VM Data project will enable WPD to identify and monitor the status and distribution of electric vehicles and…
Targeted charging review shifts towards flat fees for networks – response
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Domestic customers with least power use and companies who have power generation on-site are set to be the losers as Ofgem announced the outcome of its Targeted Charging Review (TCR), one of several areas where the regulator is reconsidering how…
Northern Powergrid to use auction to procure flexibility services
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Northern Powergrid is to procure flexibility for network resilience via a dynamic purchasing system and e-auction. Claiming the first auction for such services by a UK distribution network operator (DNO), the company will conclude each competition with a reverse e-auction to…
Sunderland tenants to swap gas for ground source heat
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Residents in 364 homes across seven tower blocks in Sunderland are seeing their gas boilers replaced with heat from ground source heat pumps. There will be a ground source heat pump for each flat which will also be connected to a…
UKPN opens doors to flexibility options on high and low voltage networks
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UK Power Networks has launched its largest ever tender for flexibility services. After offering contracts at 28 sites last year, it is now offering 115 sites with a total capacity of 170MW. It includes 55 high voltage sites, and the UK’s first 60…
UPDATED: National Grid ESO opens stability service tender – deadline extended
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National Grid ESO opened a tender to provide stability services to the system for periods up to five years. The tender period was oroginally due to end on 29 November but it has been extended to 17 January. New contract…
Second grid-scale battery gets go-ahead near Hull
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Harmony Energy has won planning permission for a second 49.5MW battery at Creyke Beck substation in Cottingham, near Hull. This is the second battery on the site to be brought forward by Harmony Energy, which develops, builds, owns and operates…
Co-Operative joins Octopus to launch community energy JV
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Midcounties Co-operative and Octopus Energy have launched Co-op Community Energy, a joint venture focused entirely on supporting renewable community energy projects across the country. The intention to create the joint venture was announced when Midcounties and Octopus Energy signed a…
Step forward for Greenlink interconnector
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Applications have been submitted for environmental permits for the planned Greenlink interconnector between Wales and the Republic of Ireland. Current News reports that a Foreshore Licence application has been submitted to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government’s Foreshore…