Flexibility & Storage Solutions
Comprehensive coverage of GB flexibility markets, including long-term forecasting solutions, route to market support, market intelligence platforms, and essential policy and regulatory insights.
Intelligence, Forecasts, Data and Insight
Across the Flexibility Market
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Bankable, reliable, and transparent long-term forecasting
Discover More: Flexibility ForecastsIndependent and bankable forecasts helping investors, developers and lenders understand future battery revenues and long-term project economics.
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Market intelligence, analysis and insights
Discover More: Flexibility Market IntelligenceComprehensive market intelligence helping organisations understand rapidly evolving flexibility markets and identify future revenue opportunities.
Includes Access to Our Flexibility Forum
Cornwall Insight’s flexibility experts share their analysis on regulatory, policy and market developments that impact stakeholders in the flexibility market.
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Regulation
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Distil complex regulation into actionable insights
Discover More: RegulationExpert guidance to help you understand, prepare for and respond to the evolving GB energy regulatory landscape.
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Track the essential information on GB market developments to inform your business
Discover More: Energy EssentialsEnergy Essentials is the trusted daily intelligence service for everyone operating in the GB energy market. It keeps your team informed of the market, policy and regulatory developments that matter most, helping you make faster, better-informed decisions.
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Consultancy Capabilities for
Flexible Generation and Storage
Bespoke advisory services to companies across the industry, including generation asset developers and investors, flexibility providers, energy retailers, network companies, and government departments.
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Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and Flexible Asset Gross Margin Forecasting
Find out more: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and Flexible Asset Gross Margin ForecastingDeveloping an investable storage business case requires optimisation and balancing of opportunities across multiple revenue streams and risk profiles.
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Electricity Transmission and Network Cost Forecasting
Find out more: Electricity Transmission and Network Cost ForecastingOur electricity transmission network use of system (TNUoS) forecasting capabilities give generators a view of expected charges and credits and the impacts of regulatory reform
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Securing a Capacity Market (CM) Agreement
Find out more: Securing a Capacity Market (CM) AgreementOur Capacity Market services support generators at every step of the participation process.
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Commercial Due Diligence and Transactions
Find out more: Commercial Due Diligence and TransactionsOur full commercial due diligence coverage across banked forecasts, market insight, and detailed risk review ensures a successful conclusion to your transaction.
On-Demand and Live Learning
Across the Flexibility Market
Our passionate and engaging course instructors have a long history of delivering training for those requiring an introduction to the sector through to advanced-level learning on specific complexities of the market.
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Understanding Consumer-led Flexibility Opportunities
Start learning: Understanding Consumer-led Flexibility OpportunitiesEssential learning to understand the commercial landscape for low carbon generation
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Energy Fundamentals
Start learning: Energy FundamentalsDynamic, bite-sized videos offering a solid foundation in key areas, such as electricity markets, gas markets, energy suppliers, and net zero
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Power Purchase Agreements – Structures, Markets & Pricing
Start learning: Power Purchase Agreements – Structures, Markets & PricingUnderstand the basics of how Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and their variants, including Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs), as essential contracting routes for many renewable…
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Net Zero Transition: Future Electricity Markets
Start learning: Net Zero Transition: Future Electricity MarketsUnderstand the range of future scenarios for the GB electricity system to 2050, the essential new technologies needed to meet targets, and how they will…
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Flexibility Academy
Start learning: Flexibility AcademyUnderstand the key principles, concepts, and requirements for the procurement and provision of response and reserve services by the Electricity System Operator
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Introduction to the GB Energy Markets Academy
Start learning: Introduction to the GB Energy Markets AcademyEssential training for anyone new to the GB energy markets, delivered live or on-demand
Latest Insights and Market Updates
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Why Understanding Flexibility Markets Matters More Than Ever
The role of flexibility in the GB electricity system has never been more important. Traditionally, flexibility was often associated with a handful of large generators helping the system respond to…
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The Energy Transition: Turning Ambition into Reality
Ahead of Cornwall Insight’s November annual conference our Group Head of Training Ed Reed outlines the context to the day’s conversations.
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BESS Revenues Beyond the Summer Surge?
Battery storage revenues have been boosted by this summer’s unusual market conditions, but maximising long-term returns requires more than benefitting from this short-term market volatility. Asset configuration, location and routes-to-market…
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Empowering Wales: Driving Industry and Unlocking Investment Through CPPAs
In this episode, Ben Burggraaf, CEO of Net Zero Industry Wales, joins Cornwall Insight’s Lucy Dolton, Renewables Generation Lead, and Jacob Briggs, Energy Users Lead, to discuss the growing role…
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What Are Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Why Are They So Popular?
Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) sit at the heart of the GB energy market, yet they aren’t always well understood. Our blog offers a clear, practical guide to what PPAs are,…
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Too Much of a Good Thing? The Rise of Negative Energy Prices
Negative pricing is on the rise, driven by the rapid growth of renewables on the grid. As generation increases, so does competition, and in some cases, it has become cost-effective…
Meet the Flexibility Experts
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Tim Dixon
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Joe Camish
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Tom Andrews
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Adam Boorman
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Case Studies and Recent Projects
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Comprehensive review of policies for Guernsey Electricity
Cornwall Insight was commissioned by Guernsey Electricity to carry out a comprehensive review of their policies and develop new policy documentation, alongside reviewing their Code…
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Cornwall Insight advises Drax on Flexitricity purchase as company continues to expand its flexibility capability
Cornwall Insight has advised Drax on its proposed acquisition of Flexitricity from Quinbrook, marking a significant step in the company’s continued expansion into Great Britain’s…
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Cornwall Insight advises ERG’s strategic expansion into Northern England’s wind sector
Cornwall Insight supported ERG, one of Europe’s leading independent renewable energy producers, in the assessment and acquisition of a portfolio of onshore wind assets.
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Cornwall Insight Advises Federated Hermes Limited on Low Carbon Energy Developer Purchase
Cornwall Insight is proud to have acted as a key advisor to global investment manager Federated Hermes Limited in their successful acquisition of a majority…
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Innovative Storage Technology Developer
The Cornwall Insight team worked with an innovative storage technology developer to support the business case development for their technology when collocated with electric vehicle…
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Cornwall Insight acts as advisor to help I Squared secure $200mn grid infrastructure investment
Cornwall Insight acted as one of the advisors in the $200mn investment by leading independent global investment manager I Squared Capital, in Aurora Utilities Limited.
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Cornwall Insight key advisor in landmark Toucan Energy portfolio sale
Cornwall Insight acted as a key advisor in the successful sale of Toucan Energy’s solar PV portfolio. The historic transaction marks the largest operational solar…
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Cornwall Insight help Zenobē secure £147 million battery storage investment
Cornwall Insight acted as an advisor for Zenobē in securing a £147 million project finance debt for its Kilmarnock South battery storage project
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Network charging analysis for Zenobe Energy
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…
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Cornwall Insight key commercial adviser on sale of Red John Pumped Storage Hydro scheme
Cornwall Insight played a crucial role in advising Intelligent Land Investment (ILI) on the successful sale of the in-development Red John Pumped Hydro Storage Asset…
