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Anglian Water is eager to secure a new demand side balancing reserve (DSBR) contract with National Grid, the company told Utility Week.
The water company was one of 12 businesses that signed a DSBR contract with National Grid to reduce energy demand during times of constraint during last winter’s pilot.
The DSBR pilot project provided a total of 330MW of spare capacity to National Grid.
Anglian Water will apply for a new contract for the winter of 2015/16, and a spokesperson from Anglian Water told Utility Week: “It’s definitely something we want to be a part of.”
This comes despite the company not being called upon by National Grid to reduce its demand at peak times and rely on its 80 on site generators to provide its sites with power.
The spokesperson added: “We didn’t make any income from it this year but in the long term we will make some income.
“It also ticks the boxes of energy resilience and carbon saving in the long terms as well. It’s not just of a benefit to the business, but to the wider industry in the region and the whole of the UK.”
National Grid has so far procured 242MW of DSBR contracts for the coming winter, and it is set to sign additional contracts through a second tender round afor 1,000MW capacity through a mix of both the DSBR and supply balancing reserve (SBR) mechanisms.
The tender for DSBR and SBR contracts with National Grid for next winter is open until 24 April.
National Grid spent £2.25 million over the winter of 2014/15 on DSBR contracts. This compares to the £30 million it spent on SBR contracts which went to old thermal power plants.
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