by Mark Howitt | Mar 28, 2022 | Storelectric News
Energy Security Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the preceding gas price spike, the issue of energy security has at last come to the fore. We have been saying for years that we cannot rely on interconnectors for actual demand because, when facing concurrent...
by Mark Howitt | Dec 20, 2021 | Storelectric News
Balancing Mechanism Costs SoarEntirely in line with our predictions now for 8 years, balancing bosts continue to rise exponentially, now up to £967m for the last 3 months alone. They will continue to rise as renewable penetration rises, unless there is sufficient...
by Mark Howitt | Nov 11, 2021 | Storelectric News
COP 26: Challenging, but Challenging Enough? If hot air could stop global warming… No, that’s a cheap jibe. Lots of excellent pledges have been made through the Glasgow COP26 conference and the OECD one that preceded it in Rome. The emissions cuts and...
by Mark Howitt | Oct 27, 2021 | Storelectric News
The UK Net Zero Strategy The British government has published its Net Zero strategy, following much consultation. It’s a generally excellent, wide-ranging and integrated strategy. It is a good start and covers all the major elements of decarbonisation; however...
by Mark Howitt | Sep 24, 2021 | Storelectric News
Impact initiative of the year: Europe Storelectric is very pleased to have won “Impact initiative of the year: Europe” at the Environmental Finance Impact Awards. It’s always reassuring to get such endorsements. Webinar on Regulatory Requirements For...
by Mark Howitt | Aug 27, 2021 | Storelectric News
A torrent of consultations In addition to the 6 BEIS consultations flagged up last month, Ofgem consulted on Early Competitions and offshore connections. I also omitted the BEIS consultation on facilitating the deployment of large-scale and long-duration electricity...
