In this week’s Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at how the ESO is protecting supplies, the role of renewables over the winter and what Static Firm Frequency Response will look like next month.
Energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, has entered into a partnership with ride-hailing app, Uber, which will allow the UK Government to use ‘Uber Journey Ads’ to pass on low or no-cost energy saving solutions.
Vattenfall Networks has indicated that under proposed reforms for grid connectivity, demand will outpace required network upgrades to facilitate new technologies.
Samsung Research UK has been awarded £3.35 million funding towards its Clean Heat Streets project which aims to install 150 heat pumps in Rose Hill, Oxford, creating a ‘Heat Pump Ready’ neighbourhood.
Harmony Energy Income Trust has announced the official opening of what it says is Europe’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) by MWh – a 196MWh site in East Yorkshire.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s (ECIU) Winter Power Tracker has confirmed that wind, solar and hydro generated 47TWh of energy between 1 October 2022 and 28 February 2023 – enough to power 55% of UK homes for a year.
The Welsh Affairs Committee Chair Stephen Crabb has called on the UK government to outline how it intends to reach its target of generating 24GW of nuclear energy by 2050.
