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December 20, 2021

Highs and lows: The evolution of Dynamic Containment

December 3, 2021

A ‘milestone moment’: National Grid ESO’s Faye Relton takes a look back at DCs first year

December 3, 2021

National Grid ESO issues first Electricity Capacity Market Notice of the winter

National Grid ESO has issued its first Electricity Capacity Market Notice (EMN) of the winter for this evening (3 December).

November 29, 2021

National Grid ESO to review balancing market following rising prices

National Grid ESO is to undertake a review of the balancing market, citing “very high-cost days” in the Balancing Mechanism in recent weeks.

November 3, 2021

National Grid ESO to develop digital twin of Britain’s energy system

National Grid ESO has launched a new project to build a digital replica of the entire British energy landscape.

November 2, 2021

National Grid ESO to reveal carbon intensity of balancing actions on new dashboard

National Grid ESO is to publish the carbon intensity of its balancing actions for the first time as part of a new electricity system dashboard.

Reactive Technologies is set to deploy its GridMetrix solution for National Grid ESO. Image: Reactive Technologies.

October 21, 2021

National Grid ESO and Reactive Technologies launch flagship inertia system to measure grid stability

National Grid ESO and Reactive Technologies' flagship grid stability measurement service has launched today, following the construction of the world’s largest continuously operating grid-scale ultracapacitor.

Powerloop uses over 130 Nissan LEAF's with Wallbox's Quasar V2G chargers. Image: Octopus EV.

October 12, 2021

Octopus’s V2G project Powerloop to enter Balancing Mechanism

Octopus Electric Vehicles is preparing a path for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project Powerloop to become the first to enter National Grid ESO’s Balancing Mechanism.

In total the Demand Flexibility Service tests have procured over 1.5GWh of capacity. Image: Getty.

October 7, 2021

Winter Outlook 2021: Tight margins and high prices to define winter period

Tight margins are to characterise this year’s winter period, with significant price spikes in the Balancing Mechanism possible.

September 17, 2021

IFA1 fire to see 1GW offline until March 2022

National Grid has confirmed that 1GW of interconnector capacity will be offline until 27 March 2022, turning to the North Sea Link to help plug the gap.

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