by Mark Howitt | Dec 22, 2020 | Storelectric News
We at Storelectric wish you all a lovely Christmas and a really happy and prosperous new year. Enjoy the break – and come back refreshed! We hope and anticipate that the new year will bring lots of positive movement: roll-out of the COVID vaccines globally;...
by Mark Howitt | Nov 24, 2020 | Storelectric News
Network Operators’ Ownership of Storage DNOs and TSOs CAN own storage. In the 2019 Energy Directive (to which we remain a party at least until the end of the year), any grid operator can request a derogation from their regulator to build and own storage if...
by Mark Howitt | Oct 26, 2020 | Storelectric News
Arbitrage Pricing Over the last few years, markets have appeared to contradict predictions that the differential between peak and off-peak pricing will grow. However this is not the whole story, and not the story as it relates to Storelectric. First of all, there has...
by Mark Howitt | Oct 20, 2020 | Storelectric News
National Grid’s Winter Outlook Report this year shows a de-rated capacity margin of 4.8GW or 8.3% of 58GW demand (p7). This looks healthy, though neighbouring countries’ grids target 10-15% margin. But there are a number of concerns with it: De-rated...
by Tim | Sep 28, 2020 | Storelectric News
Progress Although project development is more curtailed in this Covid environment, and some investors are focused on delivering already-invested businesses, nevertheless we continue to pursue lease options and project financing. While we can’t at this stage go...
by Tim | Aug 17, 2020 | Storelectric News
Future Energy Scenarios 2020 National Grid has published its Future Energy Scenarios 2020. This has many improvements over previous ones, including three Net Zero compliant scenarios. As the power sector is one of the easiest to decarbonise, it does so by the 2030s to...