Current± caught up with Dr Alastair Martin, chief strategy officer at Flexitricity, to discuss the ease of accessing the BM as a VLP as well as Flextricity's future plans following its acquisition by Quinbrook.
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National Grid and SSE see top staff shakeup
National Grid welcomes its first female chair as Paula Rosput Reynolds takes over from Sir Peter Gershon, while SSE welcomes the new managing director for its electricity distribution arm, with Chris Burchell joining the company.
Habitat Energy becomes second company to enter BM as a VLP
Habitat Energy has entered the UK’s Balancing Mechanism (BM), thanks to National Grid ESO’s Virtual Lead Party (VLP) route.
Ofgem fines SSE £2m for failing to publish inside information in ‘timely and effective’ manner
Ofgem has fined SSE £2.06 million for failing to publish, in a timely manner, information about the availability of its generation capacity.
Ofgem’s draft proposals for the RIIO-2 were met with a very mixed response when the regulator published them yesterday.
Flexitricity hails new milestone as its VPP grows beyond 500MW
Flexitricity’s virtual power plant has hit a new milestone, with more than 500MW of capacity under management.
National Grid prepares for £400m hit from COVID-19
National Grid is expecting underlying operating profits to take a £400 million hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign pushes for net zero coalition of global actors
A global campaign calling for a "a resilient, zero carbon recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic has seen nearly 1,000 businesses commit to a 2050 net zero, with plans to encourage more to follow.
Over 200 businesses call for climate-focused COVID-19 recovery
Decarbonisation should be the focus of the COVID-19 recovery, a letter signed by over 200 business leaders has said.