Battery storage was called into action following the IFA2 interconnector with France – which went live late last month – tripping on Friday (29 January).
Arenko is lauding its position as the only company to have been successful in winning each of the daily auctions of National Grid ESO’s new Dynamic Containment service.
The timescale of implementation of the remaining two dynamic frequency services and the subsequent phasing out of FFR is currently under review due to COVID-19.
National Grid ESO is set to debut a new fast frequency response service at 11pm tonight (1 October), using Dynamic Containment (DC) to boost the grid’s resilience.