ScottishPower hails milestone as 1MW battery exports for the first time
ScottishPower Renewables’ 1MW Cornwall battery energy storage system has exported electricity for the first time, marking a significant milestone for the company's pipeline.
Articles tagged with: local energy market
Centrica urges DNOs to commit to market-based flexibility as Cornwall LEM trial finishes
Centrica’s three-year Local Energy Market (LEM) trial spanning 200 homes and business has come to an end.
Current± spoke to Smart Power Network's co-founder and CEO, Anastasios Oulis Rousis, about securing government support and enabling a digitalised energy system.
Government announces £20 million for local smart energy projects
The UK government has today announced a £90 million investment package for projects focused on reducing emissions from heavy industry and homes.
Centrica LEM boosted by new storage and generation assets
Centrica’s local energy market (LEM) trial has been beefed up with the addition of a new wind turbine and battery storage.
Centrica and sonnen complete ‘UK’s most advanced’ virtual power plant
Centrica and sonnen have created the UK’s most advanced virtual power plant (VPP) according to the pair, following the installation of 100 domestic batteries.
Centrica LEM achieves ‘breakthrough’ as flexibility trading platform goes live
Centrica is lauding a ‘world first’ as its Local Energy Market (LEM) enables National Grid ESO and Western Power Distribution (WPD) to simultaneously procure flexibility from the same platform.
Maria Brucoli, smart energy systems manager at EDF Energy R&D UK Centre, speaks to Current about making energy systems smarter and how to scale up a local energy trading pilot like Project CommUNITY.
Support more local energy trials, government urged
The government has been urged to throw its weight behind more trials of local energy technologies, specifically those taking place on university campuses.