small-scale generation

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Pixie Chart of the week | Identifying the optimum subsidy for microgrids

    In this week's Pixie Chart of the week, we explore a recent study by researchers from the School of Economics and Business Administration at Chongqing University, China. They have identified the optimum coefficient for a government subsidy to rationalise the investment in microgrids, and an increase in the subsidy coefficient leads to greater profits for both...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    Pixie Chart of the week | The need for a route to market for small-scale generation

    On 19 July, for the first time BEIS stated that it intends to close the export tariff for new small-scale generation. It has not ruled out intervention beyond 1 April 2019, but has placed the onus firmly on industry to demonstrate why a guaranteed route to market has merit.

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | Now FiT export is going, what next?

    BEIS has stated that it intends to close the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) export for new small-scale generation. It has not ruled out intervention beyond 1 April 2019. However, it has placed the onus firmly on the industry to demonstrate why a guaranteed route to market has merit. BEIS’ plans were...