Driving growth: EV Country Attractiveness Index findings
Home supply and services
Decarbonising healthcare: opportunities and challenges
Regulation and policy
What’s going on with REGOs?
Low carbon generation
“Ooh, a storm is threatening, My very [interconnection]…
Commercial and market outlook
NEM power price trends | Q3 2023
Energy storage and flexibility
How long is the ‘Golden time of day’…
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The Very Fast FCAS market is about to commence – a look at a possible time-of-day profile for R1
On 9 October 2023, 1pm (market time), the dispatch of the new Very Fast (VF) FCAS market in the NEM will commence and will add two new markets for contingency FCAS, Raise 1 (R1) and Lower 1 (L1). AEMO has released a final industry go-live plan to keep track of…
E-mobility and low carbon
Driving growth: EV Country Attractiveness Index findings
Since the previous iteration of the EVCA Index, published in June 2023, there have been some changes to the electric vehicle (EV) landscape. The EV market has continued to grow with battery electric vehicle (BEVs) sales increasing across Europe. Cornwall Insight have partnered with law firm Shoosmiths to create the…
Home supply and services
Decarbonising healthcare: opportunities and challenges
In order for the UK to meet its commitment to a net zero economy by 2050, all sectors will be required to reduce their carbon emissions. In this paper, we set out some of the main options for decarbonising heat and power in the healthcare sector, and the typical advantages…
Regulation and policy
What’s going on with REGOs?
Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin, more commonly referred to as REGOs, are certificates issued to accredited renewable generators for every MWh of electricity they produce over a year period. The initial intentions of these certificates were to provide suppliers a means to prove the level of renewable generation they received…
Low carbon generation
“Ooh, a storm is threatening, My very [interconnection] today”: Can states utilise interconnection to share wind resources?
Penetration of renewables continues to dominate the energy news, as we saw renewables as a proportion of total demand reach new heights this week to a new record of ~70% penetration. In light of this continuing march toward a renewable-dominated grid (building on some analysis we did in Chart of…
Commercial and market outlook
NEM power price trends | Q3 2023
Cornwall Insight Australia has released our latest NEM Benchmark power curve (BPC) for Q3 2023 to our insight service subscribers. We have released a free excerpt, which you can access below. The future of the energy transition requires substantial new generation, which means increasing the size of the skilled workforce, speeding…
Energy storage and flexibility
How long is the ‘Golden time of day’ for batteries?
A key part of the business case for grid-scale standalone batteries is the arbitrage opportunity between low daytime wholesale prices (when renewable energy generation from solar is plentiful) and high evening prices (when the sun goes down and household demand ramps up quickly). The share of battery revenue coming from…
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We provide learning and development across the energy value chain, covering different ability levels. We offer a range of delivery channels to suit all needs from public courses, e-learning and in-house training.
We provide learning and development across the energy value chain, covering different ability levels. We offer a range of delivery channels to suit all needs from public courses, e-learning and in-house training.
Market intelligence, analysis and regulatory insight covering the full breadth of the energy sector. Delivered via a combination of reports, publications and forums, supported by full digital capability.
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Our forums and events provide the opportunity to talk to our experts and hear their thoughts on the latest developments in the market, across renewables, flexibility, energy supply, electric vehicles and financing.
Our forums and events provide the opportunity to talk to our experts and hear their thoughts on the latest developments in the market, across renewables, flexibility, energy supply, electric vehicles and financing.
Our consultancy team offer a bespoke research and advisory service. We utilise quantitative analysis, state of the art models and have over two centuries of accumulated market experience.
We provide learning and development across the energy value chain, covering different ability levels. We offer a range of delivery channels to suit all needs from public courses, e-learning and in-house training.
Market intelligence, analysis and regulatory insight covering the full breadth of the energy sector. Delivered via a combination of reports, publications and forums, supported by full digital capability.
Our forums and events provide the opportunity to talk to our experts and hear their thoughts on the latest developments in the market, across renewables, flexibility, energy supply, electric vehicles and financing.
Cornwall Insight was commissioned by Zenobe Energy to undertake network charging analysis. Zenobe design, finance, build and operate battery solutions, and is on track to manage 1GW of grid-connected battery power by 2025. The last decade has seen considerable amounts of battery storage connecting to the grid, with over 1GW clearing at the last Capacity Market auction for delivery in 2025-26. However, network charging regulation has not responded to this development: the last substantial updates to the methodology took place in 2014. This means electricity storage is charged in the same way as gas and coal generation, taking only exports,…
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New analysis from Cornwall Insight and Smart Energy GB, which comes from a joint report into flexible energy, was covered in Solar Power Portal. Our Senior Consultant Anna Moss spoke on how by empowering consumers to become the architects of their own energy usage, through initiatives including smart meters and solar power…
Following the release of our final price cap predictions for October, our Senior Consultant Kate Mulvany was interviewed on Radio 4’s Today Programme. She spoke on the upcoming cap, what bills could look like going through 2024 and what consumers need to consider when looking at new tariffs. Radio 4…
