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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has awarded five contracts for inertia provisions between October 2025 and September 2026.

Drax has appointed Voith Hydro to move its plans forward for its proposed 600MW underground PHES project in Scotland.

Drax has announced it has begun seismic surveys for its new UK pumped storage hydro plant at Ben Cruachan in Scotland.

Q3 this year was the lowest-carbon quarter on record, with emissions falling to 143g/kWh, according to Drax’s ‘Electric Insights’ report.

In response to the UK Government’s request in March this year to continue contingency contracts, EDF and Drax have confirmed that their coal units will not be available for another winter and have begun decommissioning.

SP Energy Networks has successfully completed the first phase of its £4.4 million trial to demonstrate how the electricity network can be restored at a faster pace using renewables.

Drax has confirmed that Britain’s vast wind power resources generated more electricity than gas in the first three months of 2023.

The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has asked National Grid ESO to explore the potential of extending the contingency coal contracts into next winter, but all five units will be unavailable.

In this week’s edition of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at the caution suggested by the high T-1 Capacity Market clearing price, the changing face of nuclear in Britain and the saving seen by industrial participants in the ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service.

National Grid ESO has again called off its contingency coal units, after a request from France for additional capacity was withdrawn.