Energy flexibility

Editor's Picks

A year in the life of DSOs | Visibility and open data

To get the most value from their assets, both electricity distribution networks and their customers need to know how they are being utilised and where spare capacity is available. Tom Grimwood looks at how distribution system operators (DSO) have been working to improve visibility over their networks and make this information accessible to others.

6 months ago

Who will Ofgem choose as market facilitator?

6 months ago

Can DSOs put the customer first?

6 months ago

Powering change on local networks

6 months ago

Let’s talk about flex

6 months ago

Latest

Crowd Charge launches smart charging app for EVs

5 years ago

Northern Powergrid becomes final DNO to appoint CEG chair

Northern Powergrid has appointed the chair of its independent customer engagement group. The incoming chair has years of experience working on boards in a variety of sectors.

5 years ago

Fears over monopolies emerging among flexibility platforms

5 years ago

Breaking Ground: £300m Severn Trent resilience scheme; £8m Northumbrian Water anti-flood protection and other projects

From the £300 million Birmingham Resilience Scheme to the £8 million flooding reduction scheme, Utility Week takes a look at some of the interesting and innovative projects taking place across the sector.

5 years ago

SPEN appoints former Ofgem director as chair of CEG

John Howard previously served as a non-executive director at Ofgem where he was a member of the energy regulator’s RIIO1 price control committee. Howard also helped formulate the regulator’s definition of consumer vulnerability.

5 years ago

B is now for blackout – but how will this backstop be solved?

Utility Week magazine editor Suzanne Heneghan considers what next for the energy system following Britain's biggest blackout in a decade

5 years ago

Firm frequency response ‘saved the day’ during grid blackouts

Writing in the company’s annual results to 30 June today (28 August) John Leggate, chairman of Gresham House Energy Storage Fund, said FFR services avoided a far worse outcome.

5 years ago

Breaking Ground: SSEN £10m upgrade; Habitat secures 40MW battery contract and more projects

This week SSEN announced a £10m network upgrade project in Aberdeen while Yorkshire Water has completed a two-year £14 million project to eliminate all ageing chlorine and sulphur dioxide gas use from its water treatment works.

5 years ago

SSEN announces £10m network boost for Aberdeen

The work will see primary substations upgrading in order to boost network reliability.

5 years ago

Massara: Blackout was ‘wake up’ call for the industry

Former Npower chief executive Paul Massara has said that this month's power cut should prompt a period of reflection from the industry on resilience and better planning for who gets cut off in a blackout.

5 years ago

‘National conversation’ needed over cost of resilience

The public may have to consider paying for more back up power in order to prevent a repeat of the 9 August blackout, energy experts have warned following the publication of the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) report into the incident.

5 years ago

Energy leaders call on government support for international AI energy centre

Voices from across the sector have called on BEIS to support an "international AI energy centre" to help the transition to a low-carbon, decentralised economy. A similar announcement has recently been made by health secretary Matt Hancock.

5 years ago