The Optimise Prime formal trial period has begun as the minimum number of vehicles required and the systems needed to capture data are all now in place.
Savings of up to £100 million could be made with the introduction of a national reactive power market according to a trial conducted by National Grid ESO and UK Power Networks (UKPN).
Lightsource Labs has announced its first commercial partnerships with network operators, signing contracts to deliver local flexibility with UK Power Networks (UKPN) and Western Power Distribution (WPD).
ABB and UK Power Networks (UKPN) have unveiled a new digital substation protection and control project, which will enable more renewables to be integrated onto the grid.
Octopus Energy and Ohme are among companies to have been awarded a contract for a new virtual plant (VPP) set to largely utilise electric vehicles (EVs).