Use of Balancing Mechanism doubles as COVID-19 highlights imperfect system
The Balancing Mechanism (BM) was used twice as much throughout April and May 2020 as the previous year, due to the impact of COVID-19.
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Sunny skies help make May Britain’s greenest month yet
With no coal on the grid and surging renewables, May was the greenest month ever on Great Britain’s electricity grid.
Flexitricity director Andy Lowe discusses the lessons that can be learnt from the current low demand and high renewable mix, and the benefits of batteries in such a system.
Britain labeled a ‘green energy pioneer’ as it goes over 18 days straight without coal
Great Britain has now gone more than 18 days without coal-fired generation, thanks to sunny weather and low demand.
Britain hits coal-free record amid sunny skies
Great Britain has hit a new coal-free record, going for more than 18 days straight without any coal on the grid.
Surging renewables give ‘glimpse of the future’ as prices tumble over sunny weekend
Low demand and a sunny weekend sent power prices plunging into negative figures on the day-ahead hourly market for the third time as generation hit a new record.
'One-off' factors help drive global decarbonisation as coal continues its fall in UK
Globally, CO2 emissions fell faster than they have for decades in 2019, but this was driven by unsustainable “one-off” factors.
Onshore wind ‘brought in from the cold’ as government to allow Pot One CfD auction
The government is to announce a new auction for both onshore wind and solar power, following a four year block.
GB needs tenfold increase in energy storage for net zero, research claims
Great Britain will need at least 30GW of energy storage if it hopes to reach net zero by 2050, according to new research.