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Power Move: OVO shells out almost £150,000 in energy-saving customer incentives

Incentives

Power Move: OVO shells out almost £150,000 in energy-saving customer incentives

OVO provides data on latest demand-management scheme, revealing it helped save over 22 tonnes of carbon over the winter

clock 14 April 2023 • 2 min read

Infrastructure

Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California's blackouts

Bryn Baker of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance argues much of the finger-pointing in the wake of the recent Californian blackouts has been wide of the mark

clock 04 September 2020 • 5 min read

Energy

How bank holiday blackout fears could accelerate the shift to a net zero grid

Unprecedented low demand for power coupled with high renewables generation offers both headaches – and lessons – for the energy transition

clock 04 May 2020 • 8 min read

Energy

Learning from the August 9 power cut: Can demand response now provide higher levels of dependability than nuclear?

The August 9 power cut has clearly shown that demand response has already helped the system to recover quickly and cheaply, argues Tim Rotheray of the Association for Decentralised Energy

clock 03 September 2019 • 5 min read

Energy

'Extremely rare and unexpected': Lightning strike triggered blackout, says National Grid

Ofgem launches investigation into power cuts following release of initial report from National Grid revealing lightning strike played key role in sparking blackout

clock 20 August 2019 • 3 min read

Energy

A 15 minute power outage, a nightmare for business

Even the briefest power interruption can have a costly impact on businesses - Alan Barlow, Director of UK and Ireland for Centrica Business Solutions, discusses what lessons can be learnt from the UK's recent major power cut

clock 16 August 2019 • 4 min read