Three fossil fuel free turbines will go live this summer, producing green inertia by mimicking the effect of a power station, according to National Grid ESO.
Deploying large quantities of long duration electricity storage (LDES) could reduce system costs and reliance on gas, but greater policy support is needed to enable this, Aurora Energy Research has found.
Renewables investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has commissioned a new synchronous condenser installation at Rassau, in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
In a UK first, National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has awarded a reactive power contract to an offshore wind farm transmission asset, SSE’s Dogger Bank C.
The government has set the forthcoming T-1 Capacity Market auction target volume at more than 5.36GW in response to what it has described as “broader uncertainties within the power sector”, meaning all participating assets in the auction are set to gain contracts at the maximum price of £75/kW per year.
The Crowdflex project – run by SSEN Distribution, National Grid ESO, Octopus Energy and Ohme – has found that domestic flexibility can significantly reduce peak demand, with further reductions enabled by electric vehicles (EV).
Ofgem has stated it is ready to use its powers to change market rules if necessary in light of balancing costs doubling between September and November.
