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Electricity Explained
Using the infrastructure owned by the three transmission companies – National Grid Electricity Transmission, Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Ltd. and SP Energy Networks – high…
Electricity Explained
Most people know that the Electricity System Operator (ESO) keeps homes and businesses supplied with the electricity they need, whenever it’s needed. But that’s just one…
Electricity Explained
If you haven’t thought about EVs yet, you soon will. We predict there’ll be up to 37.4 million of them on the road by 2050.Most major governments have already committed to ban the sale of new petrol…
Electricity Explained
We now get more of our electricity from renewable sources than ever before, which is great news for the environment as it helps us to cut down on our carbon emissions.
Balancing services
Find out about the different types of existing frequency response services and how to get involved.
Balancing services
This page holds historic frequency data for Great Britain at a 1 second resolution. N.B. 2019 data was updated on 14/2/2020 to correct for errors.
Data for 2020 onwards will be published on the…
Electricity Explained
So things that are not moving need a force – like a gust of wind – to get them moving, while things that are moving will keep moving unless a force, like friction, causes…
Strategic Energy Planning
NOA for Interconnectors (NOA IC) identifies how much interconnection capacity would provide benefit to consumers and other interested parties. It highlights the potential benefits of efficient…
Balancing services
Having launched our new Dynamic Response Services, Dynamic Containment (DC), Dynamic Moderation (DM) and Dynamic Regulation (DR), we are aiming to lift the volume caps on DM and DR to allow our…
Electricity Explained
Is it the kettle, the old school light bulbs, the tumble dryer? And did you check the power consumption on that new outdoor heater you bought for your garden makeover?