Northern Powergrid will be seeking expressions of interest for flexibility services for next winter. Initial information was presented at a stakeholder group and it expects to announce dates for the tender shortly. It will be seeking around 14MW of response…

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ENCS, the European Network of Cyber Security, and E.DSO, the European Distribution System Operators’ Association for Smart Grids, have announced the launch of cyber-security requirements for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The standard is the first in a series of security standards…

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British start up Myenergi has launched ‘Zappi’, a  range of smart electric vehicle chargers intended to allow consumers to use green energy sources for transport. The EV chargers combine self-generated domestic energy with green energy from Octopus Energy. There are larger…

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Market participants who want to arrange energy trades with or to EU member states will have to register with those states’ national regulators in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, Ofgem has confirmed – but they cannot act now…

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Drax and Iberdrola have agreed a risk sharing mechanism over £36 million in Capacity Market (CM) payments for 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019, which are uncertain after the ECJ set aside the Capacity Market and halted payments. In…

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Energy suppliers who have met their Renewables Obligation (RO) will have to make quarterly payments to make up a multimillion pound shortfall, Ofgem has announced. Some 14 companies still owed £58.6 million in RO payments at the ‘late payments’ deadline of 31 October. Of…

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European power exchange Epex Spot and National Grid Electricity System Operator are developing a platform to host a firm frequency response auction trial in GB next year. The frequency response auction trial will be run every week for service delivery…

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A three-year trial of commercial electric vehicles (EVs) has been given the green light by Ofgem. It will see up to 3,000 electric vehicles from Centrica, Uber and a large UK depot-based parcel carrier take to the road, supported by Scottish…

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New utility Social Energy says it is the first to win permission from National Grid ESO to aggregate domestic response, so it can be traded in the Balancing Market. The company plans to offer batteries to domestic customers and will…

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Infrastructure investors Equitix and Iona Capital have acquired a £72 million energy from waste (efw) facility in Bridgwater, Somerset. The 7.75MW facility will  process 100,000 tonnes of commercial and municipal refuse derived fuel (RDF) per annum, which would otherwise have…

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