EnecoUK’s Dutch parent company is to be acquired by Mitsubishi (80%) and Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power (20%) in a deal worth €4.1 billion. The transaction has still to be approved by the 44 Dutch local authorities who are the…
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NGESO opens tender for reactive power services in Mersey region
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Inertia measurement solutions under investigation
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On 4 November National Grid ESO published an invitation to tender for new inertia solutions that can be deployed as early as April 2020. In this tender (Phase One of its ‘pathfinder’) it is expects to pick from a limited…
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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…