UKPN 'fostering a community of open data users' with new portal
UK Power Networks (UKPN) has unveiled a new open data online portal that it said brings together thousands of datasets.
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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.
UKPN machine learning simulation to unlock 70MW of network capacity
UK Power Networks (UKPN) is using a £2 million machine learning tool to create what it has described as a “Matrix like” simulation of the south east’s electricity network.
UKPN records 42% increase in EV chargepoints
Electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints have increased by nearly 2,700 across London, the east and south east in the past twelve months, UK Power Networks (UKPN) has said.
Current± recently sat down with Sul Alli and Sotiris Georgiopoulos at UKPN to discuss what the next price period will look like for the company, and how they are building flexibility into the plan from the start.
UKPN hails UK first as DNV Smart Cable Guards installed on network
UK Power Networks (UKPN) engineers have fitted DNV’s early warning system Smart Cable Guards at two sites, in a UK first.
Optimise Prime fleet EV charging trial formally begins
The Optimise Prime formal trial period has begun as the minimum number of vehicles required and the systems needed to capture data are all now in place.
Current± caught up with Maria Brucoli, smart energy systems manager at EDF, to talk about the learnings of the Urban Energy Club trial.
Record levels of flexibility tendered in 2021 but still ‘only the tip of the iceberg’
Record levels of local flexibility have been contracted in 2021, with an uplift of 45% on 2020 already.