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October 5, 2023

September sees new renewable record but gas still Britain’s primary fuel

National Grid ESO’s monthly electricity statistics show that 49% of Britain’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources.
2022/23's variant of the DFS scheme was a major hit with many calling for its reintroduction. Image: Getty.
September 28, 2023

National Grid ESO ‘cautiously optimistic’ this winter with DFS expansion unveiled

National Grid ESO has released its Winter Outlook for 2023/24 detailing the reintroduction and expansion of the demand flexibility service.
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September 27, 2023

Octopus announces start of V2G trial with National Grid ESO

Octopus Energy has announced that its customers have taken part in a Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G) trial using their electric vehicles (EVs) to support electricity grid balancing.
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September 19, 2023

EVs to help balance grid in new ESO trial

A new trial organised by the National Grid ESO will see electric vehicles help balance Britain’s electricity grid.
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September 5, 2023

How to empower consumers to embrace flexible energy use and deliver billions in savings 

Stew Horne, head of policy at Energy Saving Trust, talks about why we need a public engagement campaign on the benefits of demand flexibility.
National Grid ESO to reintroduce the demand flexibility service this winter. Image: Getty Images.
September 1, 2023

National Grid ESO to reintroduce the demand flexibility service this winter

National Grid ESO has confirmed that the hugely successful demand flexibility service (DFS) will return this winter period.
ESO to free up 8GW of projects via TEC amnesty. Image: Pxhere (NC).
August 16, 2023

ESO to free up 8GW of projects via TEC amnesty

National Grid ESO and Ofgem have unveiled the next steps for the Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) amnesty which could remove 8GW of non-viable projects.
A visualisation of the UK energy system. Image: ESO
August 7, 2023

Virtual Energy System: The importance of governance to drive data sharing in the energy system

Carolina Tortora discusses the importance of data sharing, as National Grid ESO today announces updates to the Virtual Energy System.
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July 17, 2023

Current± Price Watch: Weekend sees long period of negative prices as latest FES is released

This week’s issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – looks at over six hours of negative day ahead prices over the weekend and explores this year’s Future Energy Scenarios published last week by National Grid ESO.
Oil and gas ‘more likely to proceed with full funding’ than renewables, says EIC. Image: Markus Distelrath (Pixabay).
July 14, 2023

ESO addresses market distortions created by CfD scheme

Sarah Keay-Bright presents National Grid ESO concerns over the current structure of the CfD scheme.

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