Page 1 of 12
Decarbonising the economy also offers significant opportunities for UK businesses to boost their competitiveness, according to a new report. The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and RenewableUK examined how industrial energy users and renewables generators are working with the system operator to balance the grid. They looked at how intensive users are being flexible by ramping up or decreasing their demand on the grid when it is most needed, in response to a signal or incentive. The...
12 06 2018
News article - 12 June 2018
Ofgem has launched an investigation into National Grid Electricity Transmission’s (NGET) demand forecasting for the UK electricity market. The investigation will examine whether “NGET breached rules relating to its duty to operate the system in an economic and efficient manner”. “This includes but is not limited to producing and publishing appropriate forecasts of demand,” said a brief statement by the regulator. Ofgem stressed that the opening of the investigation “does not imply that we have...
22 05 2018
News article - 22 May 2018
Nine companies and organisations have launched the Enhanced Frequency Control Capability (EFCC) project to find more efficient ways to balance the grid between demand from consumers and the supply of renewable energy in the future. The EFCC project – which is led by National Grid and consists of Belectric, Centrica, Flexitricity, Ørsted, Siemens and GE Grid Solutions, along with Manchester and Strathclyde universities – will look at how to stabilise the electricity transmission system amid grow...
08 05 2018
News article - 8 May 2018
Great Britain’s electricity network has run for more than two days without any power generated from coal for the first time in 136 years. The grid ran for 54 hours and 50 minutes without using any electricity from coal-fired power stations between the night of Monday 16 April and the early hours of the morning of Thursday 19 April. The previous record of 40.5 hours was set last October over a weekend. The UK Government announced in 2016 that it would phase out the use of coal by 2025, althoug...
24 04 2018
News article - 24 April 2018
Major power stations may have to reduce their output during the summer after National Grid predicted lower demand for electricity. The system operator expects an increase in generation from small-scale renewables connected to the distribution network will result in less power being needed from gas and coal-fired plants. National Grid has forecast peak transmission system demand of 33.7GW, down from 34.3GW last year. Minimum summer demand is expected to sit at 17GW, 600MW lower than in 2017. B...
17 04 2018
News article - 17 April 2018