Shortfall

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Caught in the balance: Assessing amber alerts in the SEM

    SEMO announced on 21 January that it was issuing an amber alert. This happens when the system margin is at a level where a trip of the largest in-feed would give rise to a reasonable possibility of either a failure to meet system demand, or cause a significant deviation in system...

  • Low carbon generation

    New RO buy-out price confirmed amid expectations of mutualisation for a second year

    Ofgem has published the Renewables Obligation Certificate (Roc) buy-out price and Mutualisation Ceilings for compliance period (CP) 18 of the scheme. On 21 February it confirmed the buy-out price will be £48.78 per Roc, a 3.3% uplift on the previous year, in line with RPI inflation. This is the amount...