energy storage
Gas
BEIS eyes storage for black starts
The scope for large-scale energy storage to provide black start services to the national grid in the event of a system failure has been recognised by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) within a new funding competition for large-scale batteries.
Policy & Regulation
Don’t rule out DNO-owned storage, ENA warns
The option for distribution network operators to own and operate storage must be retained until it is proven that a commercial market can meet the needs of network operators, the Energy Networks Association (ENA) has warned.
Power
RedT to raise £12m to accelerate growth
Energy storage technology company RedT has conditionally raised £12 million from selling new shares to institutional and other investors to allow it to "aggressively ramp up" its sales and marketing efforts.
Gas
Storage providers among capacity market winners
At least 169MW of energy storage will be brought forward with support from capacity market contracts beginning October 2020.
Innovation, technology & operations
Delivering demand response
Battery storage is the perfect technology to enable widespread use of demand response and a stable power grid argues Simon Daniel.
Technology & Operations
Moody’s: DNOs will be winners of energy storage boom
Distribution Network Operators will be among the "key beneficiaries" of a boom in battery technology as falling prices allow DNOs to cut their costs and boost their credit quality.
Power
The other half
Fresh to his role as director at UKPN Services, Ian Smyth gives Network an insight to operating in a competitive market and how regulated businesses can expect far more interaction with his company in the future.
Customers
RedT sells Gen 2 storage machine to University of Strathclyde
Energy storage technology company RedT has sold a Gen 2 energy storage machine to the University of Strathclyde.
Power
RedT completes Gen 1 energy storage market seeding phase
Energy storage technology company RedT has completed its Gen 1 market seeding phase, proving its 40kWh and 240kWh machines in the field.
Policy & Regulation
Smart and flexible energy consultation opens
Ofgem and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have issued a call for evidence on approaches to establishing a smart and flexible power system in the UK.
Heat
Making the most of the electricity we store
Ofgem's Andy Burgess sets out the regulator's thinking about electricity storage in a flexible energy system.
Strategy & Management
Pettigrew defends EFR contracts
National Grid chief executive John Pettigrew has defended the contracts recently signed with energy storage providers for Enhanced Frequency Response, in the face of criticism that the contract prices are too low.
Gas
Tomorrow’s energy storage
Network looks at up and coming energy storage technologies.
Gas
Future Networks 2017
The third annual Future Networks conference takes place in Birmingham, on 21 March, 2017.
Gas
Atkins to lead hydrogen storage scoping
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed engineering consultancy Atkins to lead a study which will identify sites suitable for the storage of hydrogen gas in the UK.
Power
ABB brings “plug and play” microgrid solution to market
Global technology company ABB has launched a new modular offering to support the easy operation of microgrids.
Heat
Editor’s weekly: Political turmoil hampers innovation direction
Continued uncertainty around the direction of travel for policy and regulation with regards to decentralised energy technologies and system responsibilities makes it difficult to measure innovation success, says Network's editor.
Gas
Moixa launches solar storage scheme
Home battery storage company Moixa has launched a solar storage offer to protect households from rising prices.
Power
Energy storage and smart cities
The urban centres of tomorrow will be microgrids which will require the support of energy storage technology say Dr Alex Mardipittas.
Power
UK sees first Tesla grid-scale storage installation in Europe
The first Tesla grid-scale Powerpack installation in Europe is to be installed at a solar PV site in Somerset by large-scale storage developer Camborne Energy Storage.
Policy & Regulation
Storage ‘risks competitive market objectives’
The original objectives of the UK’s competitive energy market structure are at risk from the growth of distributed resources such as solar and storage, unless rules are changed to allow DNOs to play a more active role.
Policy & Regulation
BEIS: current EFR contracts may not be profitable
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has welcomed the savings for consumers from the recent Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) service, but said it may not be profitable for the providers.
Power
RedT to develop first vanadium hybrid storage system
Energy storage technology company RedT is to develop a hybrid energy storage system capable of offering the full range of storage applications to the electricity grid.
Innovation
First vanadium flow battery cleared for final installation
The first large-scale containerised vanadium flow battery systems have been cleared for final installation and commissioning having passed the pre-testing phase at the Power Networks Demonstration Centre in Scotland.
Power
UKPN investigates DNO obligations for domestic storage
Electricity network operator UK Power Networks (UKPN) is to investigate what will be required of DNOs to enable the safe installation of domestic energy storage systems.
Innovation, technology & operations
Enhanced Frequency Response – investing in the future of energy
Now the contracts for National Grid's new enhanced frequency response service have been handed out, the hard graft of delivering the projects can begin.
Power
Second-life storage market will explode post-2020
The volume of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles (EV) available for second-life storage systems will explode from 2020, as the EV market starts to mature.
Power
Domestic storage will dominate by 2024
Behind-the-meter energy storage will overtake grid-scale storage as the largest market segment in 2021 as the result of a surge in storage capacity.
Policy & Regulation
Editor’s weekly: EFR winners and losers
The allocation of the first contracts for enhanced frequency response is welcome, but they have not dispelled uncertainty about prospects for energy storage.
Power
Storage sweeps board winning 8 EFR contracts worth £65.95m
National Grid has awarded eight contracts worth a total of £65.95 million to energy storage companies to balance system frequency in the UK energy system.
Power
Editor’s Weekly: Anticipating a call for evidence
Ofgem and BEIS's call for evidence on the future of smart energy systems is an important opportunity to shape the future of system operation, says Network's editor Jane Gray.