National Grid ESO fails to hit benchmarks as COVID-19 and extreme weather impact August
Throughout August, almost all of National Grid ESO’s performance indicators showed it falling below expectations.
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Renewable generation jumps 32% in Q2 driving down Britain’s carbon intensity
Renewable generation was up 32% year-on-year during Q2 2020, as the COVID-19 lockdown made Britain’s electricity ‘cleaner and cheaper, but harder to control’.
Ofgem launches evaluation of balancing costs as they soar by 39% during lockdown
Ofgem is evaluating it balancing costs system after costs rose by 39% during lockdown.
Surging wind helps renewables overtake fossil fuels in Q1
For the first time ever, more electricity came from renewables than fossil fuels throughout the whole of Q1 2020.
SSE calls on National Grid ESO to defer additional balancing costs due to COVID-19
SSE Generation has put in a request to National Grid ESO to defer the additional Balancing Services Use of System (BSUoS) costs caused by COVID-19.
National Grid ESO claims world first approach to inertia, awarding £328m in contracts
Five companies are to provide National Grid ESO with inertia without the need to simultaneously provide electricity.
SSE signs 'landmark' deal with Smarter Grid Solutions
SSE's Distributed Energy arm is launching an energy as a service platform in a "landmark" partnership with Smarter Grid Solutions.
New National Grid ancillary services platform goes live as modernisation programme shifts gear
National Grid has set live a new platform for ancillary services, coming as part of a much larger plan to modernise its grid management toolkit.
Ofgem warns over slowing decarbonisation as regulator pays out second-highest system balancing costs
Decarbonisation of the UK’s energy supply is slowing, Ofgem has warned, while the cost of balancing the UK’s power system spiked to its second-highest ever in 2017/18.