frequency

December 20, 2021

Highs and lows: The evolution of Dynamic Containment

Flexibility strategy: game changer or simply warm words?

October 13, 2020

GB could become a net exporter of power by 2040s

New modelling by Cornwall Insight has predicted that Great Britain could become a net exporter of power to the European continent by the 2040s.

Turnbull outlines that the UK has “almost 7GW of shovel-ready pumped storage hydropower projects with over 135GWh storage capacity”. Image: Drax.

July 15, 2020

'First of its kind' Drax inertia contract commences with National Grid ESO

Drax’s Cruachan Power Station has started to provide National Grid ESO with inertia as part of a six-year contract.

December 24, 2019

PODCAST: How energy storage evolved in 2019, and 2020’s direction of travel

Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a look back at 2019, re-capping some of the biggest stories in energy storage while also predicting what the key trends for the energy transition in 2020 may be.

October 4, 2019

E3C blackout report questions whether frequency reserve protocols are ‘fit for purpose’

The Energy Emergencies Executive Committee (E3C) has questioned whether National Grid ESO’s reserve power protocols are “fit for purpose” in its preliminary response to August’s blackout.

August 19, 2019