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Happy Christmas and New Year
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; go-ahead...
Orkney Storage Evaluation – Storelectric Assessment
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...
Analysis of National Grid’s Winter Outlook Report 2020-21
National Grid's Winter Outlook Report this year shows a de-rated capacity margin of 4.8GW or 8.3% (p7). This looks healthy, though neighbouring countries' grids target 10-15% margin. However there are a number of concerns with it: De-rated margin is a statistical...
FES 2020 Analysis Summary
An analysis of Future Energy Scenarios 2020Published by National Grid plc Mark HowittChief Technical Officer and Co-FounderStorelectric Limited Introduction This analysis has been almost entirely re-written as compared with previous years. This FES builds on the vast...
Storelectric makes the Energy Transition Affordable
Following our article a week ago, Mark Howitt from Storelectric pointed out the omission of their very interesting long duration storage technology. Storelectric has developed what they claim is the world’s most cost-effective largescale long-duration electricity...
Developing Projects on Weak and Saturated Grids
Many large renewable generation projects and interconnectors are stalled because thegrid to which they would connect is weak and/or saturated, requiring hugely costly grid reinforcement before the renewables can be connected, which makes the project impractical....
The Lockdown: A Partial Test of the 2030s Grid
The lockdown is providing a trial run of the "summer minimum" challenges of operating the grid as it will be in the 2030s and 2040s, with renewable generation as a high proportion of demand. Demand was historically low and renewable generation historically high on...
Lessons for Europe from the UK Blackouts
Index Contents Introduction 1 Batteries and DSR on 9th August 2 Interconnectors’ Response 3 The Future of Interconnectors 3 Need for Back-up 5 Brexit 6 Providing Resilience – Types 7 Providing Resilience – Quantities 8 Grid Stability Services 9 Disincentivisation of...
The Market is Moving
On the surface, various aspects of the market are giving conflicting signals: batteries have piled into the Frequency Response market, collapsing its price, and are starting to look at STOR (though only longer-duration batteries can bid for it); the Capacity Market...