Energy retailer SSE is to pay out £700,000 after it missed its own target to install gas smart meters for customers in 2018. Suppliers with more than 250,000 customers have to “take all reasonable steps” to provide smart meters for homes…

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Power industry central bodies have promised to free-up data to allow innovation in the sector. National Grid ESO, in its ‘Towards 2030′ plans for taking forward its ESO role, promised to “Open data wherever possible” saying that in the energy…

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ElecLink is seeking market feedback on an ‘Access Rules and Charging Methodology Statement’ that will apply from the commercial go-live of the interconnector, which is expected in Q1 2020. But the proposals only apply if the UK remains in Europe’s Internal…

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ABB and Rolls-Royce have formed a partnership to offer a microgrid solution for utility, commercial and industrial customers. The microgrids provides the overall control to allow users to combine power from CHP, diesel and gas-powered gensets, renewables and batteries to meet…

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National Grid ESO has set out a pathway to being able to operate the electricity system entirely on renewable sources by 2025. In order to achieve that goal, the system operator has to roll out new ways of managing system…

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National Grid ESO has sent out a request for information to potential providers of reactive power services in the Mersey area. The ESO says there is an increasing need to control high voltage in the region. It has seen an increasing need to absorb…

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Centrica Business Solutions has joined forces with the venturing arm of Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to deliver industrial demand response capacity in Japan. Tepco Ventures will use Centrica’s FlexPond™ demand side response (DSR) platform to provide flexibility services for…

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Octopus Energy customers with an electric vehicle will be able to charge at low price periods using a ‘smart’ cable from Ohme. Once the cable is connected, the driver uses an app to set charging instructions (eg “On weekdays, charge my car…

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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is to use Piclo’s software platform to trade electricity flexibility – the first commercial agreement between Piclo and a UK distribution network operator (DNO). SSEN will use Piclo’s  flexibility marketplace to buy smart energy…

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BEIS is asking how it should structure a new funding stream – the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – intended to help industry lower its energy and carbon costs. The new fund, announced in the autumn 2018 budget, has £315 million to…

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