Hydrogen could play a vitally important role in the decarbonisation of the UK power system by providing flexibility services as a cheaper alternative to gas-fired flexible generation, Aurora Energy Research said.
Electricity North West has unveiled that over £10 million has been made available in order to facilitate the creation of a gigawatt of flexibility from 2023-28 across 30 locations in the North West.
Flexitricity will provide market access to National Grid’s new winter Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) in order to support businesses amid the energy crisis.
Statkraft has announced a new milestone, as its third-party distributed flexible generation and storage portfolio exceeds 1.2GW of installed capacity.
Western Power Distribution (WPD) has updated its distribution system operator (DSO) strategy, focusing on developing neutral markets and incentivising domestic flexibility.
Electricity North West (ENW) has become the latest distribution network operator (DNO) to join Flexible Power, a platform designed to make engaging with network flexibility simpler.
Kiwi Power has provided its virtual power plant (VPP) software to Western Power Distribution’s Flexible Power project with further expansion ambitions.