Review of Increased Grid Balancing Costs
January 25, 2022
Introduction It has been widely reported that the cost of grid balancing in the UK doubled between September and November, which is concerning both Ofgem
January News: National Grid’s Distributed ReStart Project
January 25, 2022
National Grid’s Distributed ReStart Project With world-wide relevance, the National Grid’s Distributed ReStart Project looks at how to re-start a net zero grid using distributed
December News: Balancing Mechanism Costs Increasing
December 20, 2021
Headlines
1. Balancing Mechanism Costs Soar
2. Consultations on Black Start
3. Storelectric Featured for Data Centres
4. Review of the Year
November News: COP26 Thoughts and Lord Mandelson’s Approval
November 11, 2021
Headlines
1. COP 26: Challenging, but Challenging Enough?
2. How to Decarbonise at Minimum Cost and Disruption
3. High Profile Exposure: The AI Foundry
October News: UK Net-Zero Strategy Published
October 27, 2021
Headlines
1. The UK Net Zero Strategy
2. National Grid’s Winter Outlook 2021-22
3. Podcast on Flexibility Services
4. Mark’s Blog
Hydrogen Production: the Missing Links
October 27, 2021
Hydrogen production will be an essential part of the net zero economy in the UK, so we support funding for developing its technologies. However this
September News: Environmental Finance Impact Awards Win
September 24, 2021
Headlines
1. Impact initiative of the year: Europe
2. Webinar on Regulatory Requirements
3. Analysis of FES 2021
4. National Digitalisation Strategy
Analysis of National Grid Future Energy Scenarios 2021
September 24, 2021
National Grid Future Energy Scenarios 2021: Summary of Findings The National Grid Future Energy Scenarios 2021 (NG’s FES 2021) is a small step forward on
August News: Early Competition and Offshore Connections
August 27, 2021
Headlines
1. A torrent of consultations
2. Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan
3. Facilitating the deployment of large-scale and long-duration electricity storage
4. Early Competition
5. Offshore Energy Networks
UK Grid Regulation: Where It Went Wrong
August 27, 2021
The Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan is the UK government’s and Ofgem’s proposal to achieve net zero emissions in the energy system. Most of the
