National Grid ESO has invited ‘embedded’ providers (on the distribution network) to bid to provide reactive power services alongside transmission-connected providers. Tender submissions for the one-year contract must be sent by 8 November. This is the first time that the…
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Ofgem abandons plans to use competition model for new HPC connection
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Ofgem’s plans to use competition to drive down the cost of expanding the electricity network have taken a further knock, as the regulator abandoned plans to use a ‘competition proxy’ for a new power line, Hinkley Seabrook, to be built…
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Good Energy to offer EV charge points to business customers
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Renewable power supplier Good Energy has launched a new electric vehicle (EV) charging offering for UK businesses, known as One Point. Good Energy says destination and workplace charging will be important for large numbers of drivers and this is an opportunity…
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Trial could see battery vans replace 2,500 emergency diesel generators in Northern Powergrid area
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Northern Powergrid is developing electric vans with on-board energy storage systems which aim to replace diesel generators during power cuts and planned works. Silent Power is a two-year innovation trial that will restore supplies to customers – particularly the most…
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Shell Energy acquires Green Star supply business
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Canada-based Just Energy Group has sold its UK operation, Hudson Energy Supply UK, to Shell Energy Retail. Hudson UK supplies around 200,000 UK residential customers with gas and 100% renewable electricity through its residential trading arm, Green Star Energy. It also…
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Kiwi Power takes on management for 15MW battery
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KiWi Power has won a contract with specialist fund manager Gresham House New Energy to operate and optimise its Lockleaze 15MW battery on the outskirts of Bristol. The site is expected to go live this month (October). The addition will…
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Glasgow primary school to set demand side response example and provide income for city council
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Glasgow City Council has partnered with Flexitricity as part of its bid to become a carbon-neutral city by 2030. Nine sites may have the opportunity to access the demand side response (DSR) market in a project known as Quickturn. The first site will…
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Consumers to take more risk on new interconnectors
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Two interconnector operators may receive ‘floor’ payments even when they do not meet the minimum levels of availability, under changes in regime planned by Ofgem. The regulator is minded to make changes in the interconnector ‘cap and floor’ regime that…
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Solar farms face second ‘ride through’ upgrade
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The UK’s solar farms may require additional upgrades to ensure they can ‘ride through’ system faults, instead of acting in a way that exacerbates the system fault, as happened during August’s blackout. The upgrade would require a change to inverter…