Flexibility
Transmission & Distribution
UKPN launches £6.4m blueprint to boost power supplies using new tech
The power network will use innovative solutions such as AI to improve supply reliability
Smart Infrastructure
New tech could ‘complete the puzzle of the energy storage market’
IDTechEx Research looks at an emerging class of new storage technologies set to take the market by storm
Smart Infrastructure
New investor for demand response firm Flexitricity
Change of investor for Flexitricity is an ‘exciting new phase’ in its growth
Energy Retail
Participants in demand response programmes show 30% more engagement with their utility
Currently less than 2% of the global potential for demand response is being utilised, according to the International Energy Agency.
Smart Infrastructure
Keeping the lights on at the end of the tunnel
Tentative steps to ease restrictions across Europe will bring new challenges for DSOs
Smart Infrastructure
Trading the Future: How a virtual marketplace can facilitate the path to Net Zero
Nicolas Métivier, Platform Manager for the Cornwall Local Energy Market, explains how Centrica’s innovative trials can accelerate the energy transformation.
Smart Infrastructure
Electron-led consortium wins BEIS award to develop a new flexibility exchange
London-based energy technology company Electron has been awarded funding by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to lead a consortium to develop a multi-product flexibility exchange as part of the FleX competition.
Energy Retail
New tariff proposal could resolve a looming problem with grid expansion
The existing network tariff structure is not fit for purpose. A new bandwidth model proposed in the Netherlands and Norway could be a solution.
Transmission & Distribution
TERRE attracts new members after successful launch
More TSOs look set to join the Czech TSO, which connected to the new platform in January.
Smart Infrastructure
Alliander tackles interoperability by open-sourcing platform with LF Energy
Dutch distribution system operator Alliander is open sourcing its platform, formerly known as Open Smart Grid Platform, under LF Energy’s umbrella to leverage collaborative development.
Transmission & Distribution
ENA to publish DSO implementation plan summer 2020
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched an eight week consultation on the draft 2020 Work Plan for the Open Networks Project, the cross-sector collaboration that is laying the groundwork for the network operators' transition to become Distribution System Operators (DSO).
