Articles tagged with: electricity market

The move to half-hourly settlement will support flexibility, which can in return reduce the need for new and expensive infrastructure expansions. Image: Andy Beecroft

Ofgem gives green light to half-hourly settlement in retail electricity market

21 Apr 2021, 12:00

Ofgem has given the green light to rolling out half-hourly settlement across the retail electricity market in Britain.

Government must ‘get out of the way’ to allow innovation to drive net zero

31 Mar 2021, 15:58

The Energy Systems Catapult has proposed a variety of new electricity market reforms as it warns that the current government-directed system risks stifling new smart technologies.

Gemserv called for "no regrets’" changes that would ease the energy transition, helping to enable net zero.

Gemserv calls for electricity market governance reform to ‘unleash’ decarbonisation

22 Mar 2021, 11:12

Professional services firm Gemserv has called on the government to reform governance of the UK energy market to enable the energy transition.

Laura Sandys, co-chair of the National Grid ESO’s Bridging the Gap project, said that this year’s report will focus on data and digitalisation, technology assets and electricity markets as three key pillars of the sector that will need greater support over the next decade. Image: National Grid.

National Grid ESO: Electricity markets 'need reforming' to ensure future grid stability

5 Mar 2021, 17:25

Great Britain’s electricity markets need wide-ranging reforms in order to sustain the country’s transition to renewable energy resources.

InterGen's Spalding Power Station. Image: John Fielding.

Ofgem fines InterGen £37m for market manipulation sending ‘strong message’

15 Apr 2020, 12:14

Ofgem has fined InterGen £37 million for sending National Grid misleading signals to make what the regulator has described as a “substantial profit”.