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Electricity Explained
Electricity bills aren’t always easy to understand so it can be tricky to know how much energy you’re using and how to reduce your usage
Balancing services
Reactive power services are how we ensure voltage levels on the system remain within a given range, as mandated in the SQSS (Security and Quality of Supply Standard). We instruct generators or other…
Electricity Explained
The electricity market in Great Britain is a complex intersection of engineering and economics. Generators supply the electricity that consumers demand. The physical connections between demand and…
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Balancing services
2024-25 Frequency Response volumes D3
Electricity Explained
Inertia, frequency, voltage, thermal, constraints…these are just a few of the factors that go into the highly complex process of balancing the grid.But don’t worry if you’re not up to speed on the…
Electricity Explained
Frequency literally means the number of times something happens over a period of time.
Electricity Explained
We estimate that up to 37.4 million Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be on UK roads by 2050 – that’s a huge increase on today, where there are fewer than 1 million. Such…
Electricity Explained
Gas is a fossil fuel which can be used to generate electricity. By burning gas, we create heat which powers a turbine. The rotation of this turbine spins a generator which creates electricity.…
Electricity Explained
We’ve been hearing about electric vehicles (EVs) for a while now and with the UK government banning the sale of all diesel and petrol cars by 2030, EVs need to be the ‘now’ rather than the future.…