SSEN expands flexible connections across whole service area
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has expanded its offering of flexible connections to all its customers with variable generation, regardless of grid constraint.
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‘Unprecedented’ events send UK power market into negative pricing for six hours straight
UK wholesale power prices dipped into negative pricing for more than six hours yesterday following an “unprecedented turn of events” in the country’s supply and demand profile.
‘Every conceivable’ renewables record fell in 2018, but Drax warns it’s not enough
The UK is at growing risk of missing legally binding climate targets after the pace of decarbonisation slowed last year, new analysis has concluded.
Renewables to be the ‘dominant force’ in Britain’s power mix next year
Renewables are on course to overtake fossil fuels and become Britain’s ‘dominant force’ of power during 2020.
Renewables posted record share of UK power in Q3 2018
Renewables provided almost one-third of the UK’s total power output in Q3 2018, a record high for that period of the year, boosted by the summer’s heatwave and high wind speeds.
Flexibility providers needed to keep energy transition decarbonised and affordable
Energy storage, electric vehicles, demand response and interconnectors will be needed to provide the flexibility required for the energy transition to take hold by reducing the need for fossil-fuelled backup.
UK reaches major decarbonisation ‘milestone’ as renewables capacity leapfrogs fossil fuels
The UK has reached a “major milestone” in its decarbonisation of the power sector, having witnessed renewables capacity exceed that of fossil fuel generation.
Statkraft makes UK and Ireland wind play with Element Power acquisition
Norwegian energy giant Statkraft has made a major play for the UK and Ireland wind sector by acquiring the development business of Element Power Group.
Renewables records tumble as surging solar sends coal generation to new lows
New records for renewables generation were set in the UK throughout the second quarter of the year, with coal power also falling to historic lows.