The four-year investment round – known as the Faraday challenge – will deliver a coordinated programme of competitions to boost research and develop national expertise in battery technology, including applications in the energy system.
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Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has commissioned the Energy Emergencies Executive Committee to consider the incident which effected around one million customers and was caused when two major generators disconnected from the transmission system, causing frequency to drop to less than 49 hertz.
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The strategy, launched this week at an event in east London, also includes a commitment to reboot efforts to encourage carbon capture and storage (CSS).
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The letter, sent in July, called for energy networks to immediately start delivering the “critical capabilities and coordination mechanisms” that will be needed in all future scenarios.
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The Taskforce will advise Government, Ofgem and industry on how to unlock value from data within the energy system to deliver greater competition, drive innovation in new products, services and business models, and ultimately produce a more efficient, cost-effective and that works for consumers.
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The champagne is no doubt still flowing at the eight energy storage providers who landed contracts with National Grid’s enhanced frequency response service on Friday 26 August.
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Dermot Nolan, who took up the role in March 2014, joined the regulator from the Commission for Energy Regulation in Ireland where he had been a commissioner since 2008 and its chair since May 2011.
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Recently, Ofgem has put a renewed focus on how energy network companies engage with their customers and stakeholders. In their framework consultation for the next energy network price control (RIIO2), Ofgem made it clear that consumers should be given a stronger voice and introduced new models for stakeholder engagement.
His colleague Claire Perry has also left the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) following the arrival of new prime minister Boris Johnson.
Greg Clark, the secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, selected the former deputy chair of the Competition Commission and deputy panel chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to lead the energy regulator.
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