Large-scale energy storage technologies could “provide black start services in the event of a complete system shutdown”, BEIS said in a document outlining the terms of the competition.
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The influential think tank said that, with a price tag of £300 billion, plans to install electric heat pumps in four out of five homes by 2050 are a “colossal waste of money”.
BEIS needs to ‘completely re-think’ strategy for heating Read More »
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is still undecided on whether heat suppliers should be regulated in the same way as gas and electricity suppliers, and remains in “evidence gathering mode” for the time being.
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The aims of the demonstration project include defining a hydrogen quality standard and developing and trialling hydrogen fuelled appliances for homes and businesses.
BEIS pipes £25m into hydrogen demo for heating Read More »
The money is being provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.
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Independent battery storage operator, Zenobe Energy, will use batteries with 10MW capacity, in its King Barn facility in Sussex to provide a reactive power service to National Grid ESO, via UK Power Networks’ distribution network.
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Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) has announced that the Power Station will once again be a source of energy supply for Londoners following the creation of a new Energy Centre, which is set to become one of the largest of its kind ever to be created in the UK.
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Located at Yorwaste’s now-mothballed Harewood Whin landfill site on the outskirts of York, the 1MW (1.2MWh) battery is charged by the existing on-site generation system and allows the power stored to be readily available at short notice to meet the demands of the network as required.
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The batteries that underpin the transition to greater reliance on electricity storage will soar in price by 24 per cent if the UK plunges out of the European Union without a trade deal, the chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association (REA) has warned.
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A selection of staff at Northern Powergrid are to become the stars of a new BBC One documentary called “Night Force”.
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