With the number of low carbon technologies such as EVs, heat pumps and batteries being deployed continuing to gain momentum in the race to net zero, many are inherently flexible, and are not seeing their potential realised.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has announced a programme of investment in the transmission network in Scotland to connect offshore wind to the UK’s energy grid.
On Monday (12 June), National Grid ESO asked Uniper to warm two coal units at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station to help meet a spike in demand due to increasing temperatures.
A new report by McKinsey & Company has revealed that emissions from the built environment could be cut by over 50% by 2030 using technologies available today.
Engineering company Kent has been appointed as the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contractor for six green hydrogen projects being developed by Grenian Hydrogen.
Octopus Energy has called on the National Grid ESO to stop burning coal and instead use consumer energy consumption flexibility to reduce demands on the energy grid.
Research conducted by Energy Systems Catapult has revealed that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in the West Midlands have seen their energy bills increase by between 167 and 500%.
This week’s issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – explores IPPR’s warning that planning delays mean England will fail to meet its onshore wind target, the government accepting legislation to change Ofgem’s mandate to have regard to Net Zero laws, and a £9.7 million fine to SSE Generation for breaching their generation license.
