Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is bidding to ramp-up its commitment to flexibility services by devising a new, technology neutral methodology.
Energy tech firms Piclo, Origami, Nuvve and EDF Energy’s R&D team are the collaborators behind what’s been coined as one of the most wide-ranging and holistic smart grid trials ever conducted in the UK.
A consortium of energy and technology companies is to deploy a virtual energy system in Orkney, aiming to establish the “energy system of the future” on the isles.
Energy tech start-up Piclo has penned a “milestone” commercial agreement with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) for its flexibility platform.
Nippon Koei, one of Japan’s largest engineering firms, has formed a joint venture with a British battery storage firm to construct two 50MW behind-the-meter storage projects in the UK.
Statkraft has launched a 1GW renewables, battery storage and flexible gas virtual power plant (VPP) in the UK and aims to double its capacity by the summer.
The UK renewables lobby has doubled down on warnings over planned reforms to network charging, suggesting they damage sectors “vital” to the country’s decarbonisation and push projects to the brink of failure.
National Grid has this week launched a new ‘Distributed Resource Desk’ in its control room, enabling the Electricity System Operator (ESO) to allow smaller market players to participate much faster.
