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Habitat Energy begins trading in balancing mechanism as virtual lead party

Habitat Energy has become the second company to begin trading in the balancing mechanism as a virtual lead party – a new role created to allow parties to operate fleets of aggregate assets without becoming their registered supplier.

4 years ago

Social Energy bags fully domestic frequency response contract in weekly auctions

4 years ago

One small step could enable one giant leap for UK energy

The energy sector has so far failed to act meaningfully on warm words about local flexibility, writes Matthew Roderick, former CTO at the Data Communications Company and now CEO of n3rgy. He presents his proposal for a first step to real change - without a complete system redesign.

4 years ago

SSE launches demand side response platform

SSE Enhance is described as a smart grid, aggregation and trading platform that will give customers access to the wholesale market, balancing mechanism and ancillary services.

5 years ago

Drax invests in critical system support at Cruachan

5 years ago

Domestic battery owners offered £500 to provide flexibility to local grid

5 years ago

Energy projects awarded shares of £1.3bn recovery package

5 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Brearley defends net-zero approach

In the latest round-up of the weekend's papers: Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley defends the regulator's approach to climate change, Eon predicts a cut to the price cap on energy bills and Scottish Power boss Keith Anderson urges the government to loosen the caps in renewable auctions to unleash a "huge wave" of investment.

5 years ago

ESO highlights importance of flexibility for decarbonisation

5 years ago

National Grid delivers transformer for smart local energy system in Oxford

5 years ago

Build Back Better: Local authorities hold the key to net zero

5 years ago

Planning shake-up on electricity storage welcomed

The government’s decision to hand down planning powers over large batteries to local councils will spur the rollout of such projects - with potential spin-off benefits for wind and solar deployment - industry bodies have said.

5 years ago

REA requests £2bn of extra subsidies for emerging renewable technologies

5 years ago

Arenko sells battery to Gresham House to focus on automated trading software

5 years ago

EDF links up with Octo Energy to build hybrid solar farms

5 years ago

Government invests £24m in green home innovation projects

5 years ago

Build Back Better quick wins: Prospect’s Sue Fern on EVs and new nuclear

We continue our series leading up to an expected emergency budget by asking Sue Ferns senior deputy general secretary at the union Prospect, her views on where pace could be picked up to accelerate a green recovery.

5 years ago

Scottish Power: RIIO2 will test scale of UK’s green ambitions

Ofgem’s draft determinations on RIIO2 next month must “send the right signals on the central role electricity networks have in delivering net zero”, according to Scottish Power. Ensuring the price control framework stimulates economic opportunities to drive forward decarbonisation is one of “10 practical steps for a green recovery” put forward by the company.

5 years ago

Plans unveiled for 50MW cryogenic battery in Manchester

5 years ago

Statera applies for planning permission for giant battery system in Essex

5 years ago