demand response

How corporates can shift electricity use, reduce bills and cut carbon through Demand Side Response

In this latest op-ed from E.ON, Frederick Howard, Solutions Business Development Manager, explains the corporate benefits of utilising Demand Side Response (DSR) to shift power usage at peak times, in a move that could provide economic and carbon benefits.

National Grid rolls out flexibility service to deal with cold weather snap

Energy

‘Demand Flexibility Service’: Energy firms to pay UK customers for avoiding use during peak times

Energy

Glasgow signs up primary school as its first flexible energy asset

Circular economy

Energy managers cynical about Government’s net-zero targets, edie’s new survey reveals

Energy

Flexible Futures: edie launches smart business blueprint for energy

Government to fund network of ‘smart’ domestic EV chargers

The UK Government has this week launched a new mandate requiring all domestic electric vehicle (EV) chargers supported by its EV Homecharge Scheme to include "smart" technologies such as remote charging and demand-response capabilities.

Energy

UK network operators unveil new measures to boost flexibility

The UK's six local electricity network operators have jointly committed to set new requirements for all new network infrastructure to include "smart" flexibility services, as more renewable arrays come online nationwide.

Energy

Former Npower boss Paul Massara: Business community will lead UK’s energy transition

Amid sluggish policy changes and falling technology and renewables costs, the UK's business community is likely to lead the transition to a low-carbon, decentralised and democratised energy system, Npower's former chief executive Paul Massara has suggested.

Energy

Report: Renewables could meet half of UK’s electricity demands by 2030, at price parity with fossil fuels

Wind and solar power - if distributed using smart, flexible power grids - could meet around 50% of the UK's electricity demands by 2030, at a price parity with coal, oil or gas generation.

Energy

UK Power Networks to trial Faraday Grid technology to bolster renewable generation

UK Power Networks (UKPN) is set to undertake the UK's first trial of Faraday Grid technology to boost flexibility and efficiency as more renewable power projects come online.

Energy

UK Power Networks puts forward ‘flexibility first’ vision

The UK’s largest electricity distributor has proposed adopting a "flexibility first" approach to the delivery of extra grid capacity, in a move that could bring renewable energy onto the network at a lower cost.

Energy

Report: Demand response will see EU meet 40% of its 2020 energy targets

Despite slow adoption rates of demand-response measures in several member states, the service is on track to enable the EU to achieve 40% of its 2020 energy and carbon reduction targets.

Energy

Aggregate Industries to reap rewards from AI-powered flexible energy platform

Heavy building materials firm Aggregate Industries is set to cut its annual electricity bills and energy intensity by 10% after installing an energy flexibility platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

Tech & innovation

Making the smart-grid transition: edie launches free guide for businesses

Organisations seeking to capitalise on the benefits offered by smart grid technologies and solutions now have access to a new edie Explains guide which breaks down everything you need to know about making the smart grid transition.

Climate & nature

Taking place TODAY: edie’s webinar on delivering ‘smart grid of the future’

Taking place today 20 March at 11am (BST), the hour-long webinar will explore how clean technologies and innovations such as battery storage and demand response can drive efficiency, cut costs and enhance energy strategies.