Flexibility demand to 'gather pace' as grid decarbonises
More than 1.3GW of flexibility may be required across the UK’s electricity grid next year as the country accelerates the transition to renewable energy, according to new research.
Articles tagged with: reactive power
'Ambitious' UKPN reactive power market project hits new milestone with live trial
A project looking to create a reactive power market for distributed energy resources (DERs) has started its first end-to-end live trial.
Zenobe to provide reactive power service to National Grid as part of ‘world-first’ project
Batteries are to be used for reactive power services for the grid as part of the ‘world-first’ Power Potential Project.
National Grid ESO claims world first approach to inertia, awarding £328m in contracts
Five companies are to provide National Grid ESO with inertia without the need to simultaneously provide electricity.
Reactive power provided by solar overnight in ‘UK first’
Lightsource BP has claimed a UK-first, providing reactive power services to National Grid ESO during nighttime hours using power generated by a solar farm.