Centrica LEM boosted by new storage and generation assets
Centrica’s local energy market (LEM) trial has been beefed up with the addition of a new wind turbine and battery storage.
Articles tagged with: smart grid
SSE trials network monitoring tool ‘paving the way’ for smart grids
SSE Enterprise Telecoms has partnered energy monitoring firm Synaptec for real-time network analysis trials that will support future smart grids.
ChargePoint acquires smart grid software specialist Kisensum
Electric vehicle charging network operator ChargePoint has acquired smart grid software provider Kisensum as it bids to bolster its services and drive a period of “aggressive” growth.
Ecotricity tasks Next Kraftwerke with virtual power plant development
Green utility Ecotricity has turned to Germany’s Next Kraftwerke to help operate a future virtual power plant (VPP).
Siemens the latest to back blockchain start-up LO3
Siemens has become the latest energy and engineering giant to throw its weight behind energy tech start-up and blockchain specialist LO3 Energy.
‘Vast market opportunities’ in solar arising from digitalisation, report finds
Digitalisation in solar and across the wider European energy market could create “vast” market opportunities and entirely new business models, a new report has found.
Network operators unveil multi-billion-pound national smart grid plan
Great Britain’s electricity networks will collaborate on new markets for flexibility services to rival the need for traditional upgrade investments, developing a national smart grid which could deliver £17 billion back to the economy by 2050.
Ofgem kicks off supply market overhaul with fresh call for evidence
Citing significant developments in the fields of decentralised generators, smart meters and big data, Ofgem has launched a consultation which could bring about the end of the conventional ‘supplier hub’ model in the UK.
Smart meter roll-out could be the ‘next universal credit’
The controversial roll-out of smart meters for consumers has the potential to be the “next universal credit” if it is poorly managed, Labour MP Caroline Flint has warned.