National Grid cleared to run postponed Capacity Market auction ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’
National Grid has been instructed to hold the postponed T-1 Capacity Market auction “as soon as reasonably practicable”.
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Current± Chats: National Grid's Graeme Cooper discusses EV adoption
Speaking at Everything EV 2019, National Grid's electric vehicle project director Graeme Cooper discusses the barriers to EV adoption and how the sector can overcome them.
National Grid issues innovation ‘call to arms’ as system stability tops priority list
National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) unit has placed system stability at the top of its innovation priority list, while issuing a “call to arms” for the energy industry to collaborate further.
National Grid set for zero carbon power system operation by 2025
National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) function will be able to operate a zero carbon power system by 2025.
Summer Outlook 2019: Solar PV stable but whole system approach now critical
National Grid expects minimum summer transmission system demand in 2019 to fall broadly in line with last year’s, owing to a collapse in new solar deployment.
Fresh details emerge surrounding summer Capacity Market top-up auction
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has issued more details surrounding its proposed T-1 top-up auction, but extended its window until the end of August “as a contingency measure”.
Balance market beset by ‘huge lack of transparency’
The UK’s balancing market is being held back by a distinct lack of transparency, a panel of energy suppliers have concluded.
In just 24 hours, National Grid’s new Distributed Resource Desk more than doubled the amount of distributed capacity to access the Balancing Mechanism, representing a key milestone in the system operator’s handling of a more decentralised power system. Liam Stoker gets the inside track on the desk’s development and how operators have responded.
EC Capacity Market probe launches as industry seeks changes to ‘light the fire’ under nascent technologies
The European Commission has today opened an in-depth investigation into the Capacity Market’s compliance with EU State aid rules, sparking what could remain a lengthy process towards the scheme’s reinstatement.