Irish state utility ESB has confirmed its entry into the UK grid-scale energy storage market with the purchase of a 7MWh facility from developer Anesco.

The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has appointed Sweco UK’s Vijay Shinde as chair of its electric vehicle (EV) sector group to represent the member’s views within the association.

​EDF Energy has agreed to pay out £350,000 to a consumer fund to avoid enforcement action by Ofgem after the supplier failed to meet its smart meter targets in 2017.

​UK Power Networks is to run its next flexibility tender on the Piclo Flex platform unveiled by Open Utility this week, which offers “an online dating” service for distribution network operators (DNOs) and distributed energy resources (DERs).

Glencore chairman and ex-BP chief executive Tony Hayward has cast doubt over the worldwide energy transition, arguing that the penetration of renewables worldwide is being outpaced by the demand for growth.

​A new joint venture has been launched today by renewables investor Thrive Renewables and project developer Aura Power offering UK businesses a no money down model for commercial and industrial energy storage.

Enel has become the latest developer to complete a battery project backed by an Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) contract from National Grid.

National Grid has announced proposed dates for next year’s Capacity Market auctions, unveiling a streamlined appeals and auction process.

The UK could meet its future power demand predominantly through wind and solar generation without jeopardising security of supply, a new report has revealed.

Energy regulators must address the rise of bundled distributed generation technologies, EV charging infrastructure and cyber security or risk impeding the clean energy transition, a new report from the Council of European Energy Regulators has said.