Western Power Distribution’s (WPD) project Intraflex has allowed flexibility services in a local distribution network to be traded in close to real-time continuously, allowing market prices to be determined for the first time, it said.
Ev.energy has secured £295,000 in funding to scale up what it says is the UK’s first commercially operating virtual power plant (VPP) using only electric vehicles (EVs).
Distribution network operator (DNO) Northern Powergrid has identified 19 locations across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire where it plans to procure flexibility services.
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has launched a new project dubbed Equinox, to explore the potential of domestic low-carbon heat technologies like heat pumps to provide flexibility.
Two SSEN projects, TRANSITION and Project LEO, have successfully run a live trial of flexibility trading on a new Neutral Market Facilitator platform.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has outlined its top priorities for the Open Networks programme this year, with a focus on flexibility, collaboration and decarbonisation.
The Crowdflex project – run by SSEN Distribution, National Grid ESO, Octopus Energy and Ohme – has found that domestic flexibility can significantly reduce peak demand, with further reductions enabled by electric vehicles (EV).
