Drax to power Thames Water via £500m Haven Power deal
Haven Power will provide Thames Water with power for the next five years in a deal worth £500m. The Drax-owned energy supplier said the...
The great oil price drop and your energy costs
In the 10 months since June last year, the price of Brent Crude Oil, the European benchmark for the commodity, lost in excess of...
National Grid ‘delighted’ with demand response but warns over system tightness
National Grid is confident it has procured sufficient reserve capacity for the coming winter but has warned that margins will remain tight for the...
Could the end for energy guzzling transformers be the dawn of a new industrial...
In this sponsored post, Wilson Power marketing manager Dr Lore Grohmann outlines how the EU Eco Design Directive for transformers is set to drive...
Decc urges firms considering energy efficiency measures to bid for demand reduction funds
The department of energy and climate change has called on businesses considering implementing energy efficiency measures to bid for funds under the second phase...
Demand response: Aggregators and electricity suppliers ignoring 80% of firms
Electricity suppliers and aggregators are failing to tap the full potential of demand response from UK firms. Almost 80% of businesses surveyed by theenergyst.com...
National Grid launches major demand-side response push
National Grid has launched a major push to embed demand side response within the heart of the UK’s energy system. The system operator has...
Power prices will remain low to 2020, more thermal plant closures – Moody’s
Power prices will remain low through to 2020 on the back of demand reduction and growth in interconnectors and renewables according to Moody’s.
In a...
CMA: Small firms being ripped off by £500m a year on energy, TPIs must...
The Competition & Markets Authority has suggested that the UK’s small businesses are overpaying on energy bills to the tune of £500 million per...
TPI secrets revealed
Ask any business “Do you currently work with an energy consultant?” and nine times out of 10 the answer will be yes. Many businesses...
National Grid moots demand side response rule changes as winter power margins tighten
National Grid is consulting on whether to change the rules around demand side response participation as the UK faces several winters of tight power...
EnergyQuote buy marks Accenture power play
Accenture is set to acquire EnergyQuote after entering into an agreement with the firm last week. Terms of the deal were undisclosed.
The move makes...
Tempus Energy: A five year old can see capacity market is anticompetitive, the billion...
Ahead of a verbal hearing, Tempus Energy boss Sara Bell is “very confident” that the legal challenge filed with the European Court of Justice...
Smart grids ‘require local control and businesses must play or pay’
The UK energy market is on the cusp of major structural change and the majority of businesses will need to consider how and when...
National Grid must simplify demand side response to bring in UK businesses
National Grid must simplify demand side response programmes if it is to meet its ambitious targets, according to business leaders.
The system operator has set...
Demand side response: Free breakfast briefing with National Grid for Energyst readers
National Grid wants more businesses to help balance the UK power system via demand side response (DSR) programmes. The system operator has committed to...
Scotland’s party leaders to make energy efficiency and renewable heat core policy
The leaders of Scotland’s political parties have signed an agreement that puts energy efficiency central to policy-making.
WWF Scotland brokered the deal ahead of the...
UK to lose another 2GW of power capacity as Eggborough consults on closure
Capacity margins for winter 2016 could become tighter still as Eggborough Power announced that its 2GW coal-fired power station could cease generating next March.
The...
Local authority energy companies to drive down business energy costs?
Local authority energy companies could be the next wave of competition to business energy suppliers.
Nottingham City Council officially launched its energy supply company yesterday....
National Grid flags demand response changes, urges TPIs and suppliers to deliver
National Grid has indicated that changes to demand side response mechanisms may come as early as next year.
Speaking at a breakfast briefing hosted by...