Energy flexibility

Building new gas turbines risks stranding £9bn of assets

Microsoft and Accenture in drive to speed up net zero transition

Do no harm: Investing for net zero

Balancing Mechanism sees influx of smaller participants

Harnessing innovation to accelerate the transition to net zero

Inside the Energy House 2.0

‘We need an emergency mindset to tackle climate change’

Innovation and skills critical for keeping net zero ambitions on track

Target volume for T-1 capacity auction raised to 2.4GW

Tech Talk: Preparing for the grid of tomorrow

ENA consults on Open Networks workplan for 2021

Flexitricity to trade EV fleet within balancing mechanism

Flexitricity has partnered with ev.energy with the aim of forming the first aggregated balancing mechanism unit comprised of domestic electric vehicles (EVs). The aggregator will use its automated trading software to sell flexibility in the balancing mechanism from the roughly 10,000 EVs connected to ev.energy’s smart charging platform.

Renewable developer sounds alarm over network charging reforms

Strength in simplicity

Brearley: We have to adapt as ambitions change

Utility Week speaks to Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley about RIIO2, CMA appeals, an official net-zero duty, the future of the price cap and his goal to create a more agile regulator.

‘Decarbonisation will be achieved at the edge of the grid’

Hundreds of thousands of jobs could be created - many in poorer areas that need them most - by taking a decentralised approach to energy investment, Stephen Fitzpatrick has said. The Ovo Group founder wants the government to shift its decarbonisation focus away from large-scale infrastructure and instead encourage private capital towards energy efficiency and decarbonised distributed infrastructure.

Minute-by-minute flexibility

Conor Maher-McWilliams, head of flexibility at Ovo’s smart technology arm Kaluza, discusses the company’s direct-to-car smart charging trial with Bosch, why some networks are easier to deal with than others, and how it is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to better understand flexibility in heating.  

BEIS looks to bring electric vehicles into Capacity Market

How AI is changing finance and operations in the utilities sector

Avoiding fault level risks: a pressing challenge for power distribution networks