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30 Nov 2021
Oooooo, @NationalGridESO stability pathfinder projects have been added to the TEC register. Well done ESB for having 2 connections in 2023!
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17 Nov 2021
Statkraft’s @NationalGridESO #stabilitypathfinder and battery storage planning application at Neilston (which is next to Hunterston) has been refused by Renfrewshire council. (1/3)
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17 Nov 2021
Having developed 4 of these projects, my view is that developers are taking a lot of risk locating projects in inappropriate places so good for Renfrewshire for having a backbone and refusing permission in the face of essential infrastructure arguements. (2/3)
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17 Nov 2021
@Welshpower1 and @ESBNetworks were the first to submit planning applications *a year ago* for greenfield syncons. Of 7 applications submitted between us, only 2 have been granted planning so far. The amount of time planning takes is a major risk for these projects. (3/3)
19 Oct 2021
Lots of cool job klaxons going off at my new company (to coin a phrase from @ELPinchbeck). Come and join a genuinely dynamic team at an incredibly exciting time for this #Field field.energy/team
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Chris Wickins retweeted
23 Jun 2021
Another significant step on the road to a #zerocarbon #electricity⚡️ system as @triton__power's former gas turbines at Deeside start a new life providing stability services to the grid, helping to enable more #wind🌬️ and #solar☀️ generation.
Full story 👉bit.ly/35SGM7H
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11 Mar 2021
Hey @ng_eso, what do you think of @Welshpower1's #stability pathfinder phase 1 flywheel? We think it's awesome... Will be spinning 50 times per second in the autumn to help increase % low carbon generation
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Chris Wickins retweeted
30 Sep 2020
🚨huge milestone for @ng_eso today to progress stability pathfinder phase 2 🚨
Expressions of interests from providers able to offer stability services in Scotland out to 2030 are sought ⚡️
More here 👇
#zerocarbon
30 Sep 2020
We're getting GB's #electricity system ready for #zerocarbon, which means finding new ways to boost its stability.
Today we have published an invitation for expressions of interest to supply stability services in Scotland 🏴 out to 2030.
More here bit.ly/36kS8ms
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Chris Wickins retweeted
24 Sep 2020
We're getting GB's #electricity system ready for #zerocarbon, which means finding new ways to boost its stability.
The latest development sees @Welshpower1 beginning work on a new flywheel to provide #stability services to the grid.
More here 👇
bit.ly/2HsNw3r
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Chris Wickins retweeted
23 Sep 2020
Work starts on one of the projects set to boost inertia in GB (a synchronous condenser and flywheel at Rassau, S Wales); go live by autumn 2021. These projects provide beginnings of reduced reliance on large inertia producing generators in the market welshpower.com/news/14/21/In… ^RL
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23 Sep 2020
Welsh Power breaks ground on @ng_eso stability pathfinder project in South Wales. Project will provide approximately 1% of GB inertia requirement with zero emissions. welshpower.com/news/14/21/In…
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23 Sep 2020
It’s been great fun getting this into construction with the @Welshpower1 team and there’s a fantastic team in place to deliver it too
29 Jun 2020
Morning @ng_eso why are you starting Baglan at a cost of £220,000 this morning? Anything to do with Calon being in administration?
Chris Wickins retweeted
29 Jan 2020
Very exciting moment...a world first!!
29 Jan 2020
Our new approach to managing system stability is cheaper, greener and a world-first. @ng_eso's @JulianLeslie6 explains how generators can now provide the grid stability, without providing power – saving consumers money and reducing emissions too bit.ly/2t6eNli 🎥👇
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Chris Wickins retweeted
15 Oct 2019
On this day in 1965: Cruachan hydroelectric Power Station opened. The munro Ben Cruachan (pictured) may look like your typical, majestic Scottish mountain, but deep within, it actually houses the world's first ever reversible pumped storage hydro system.
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Chris Wickins retweeted
17 Sep 2018
Really proud today to work at the Telegraph, which has just announced that all new parents, dads included, will be entitled to six months' paid parental leave.
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Chris Wickins retweeted
30 Oct 2017
National Grid downgrades dynamic FFR requirements to 450MW within day and 650MW overnight nationalgrid.com/WorkArea/Do… ^RL
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