National Grid ESO

Members of the Alliance commit to taking actions such as setting targets to phase out coal and committing to no further investments in coal power

It said French transmission system operator RTE is ‘experiencing difficulties’ with its implementation of Project TERRE

As coal plants take up to six hours to warm up and become available on the system, the new record will be set at 3.12pm today

It has been reduced from 4.6GW to 2.7GW

The last coal generator came off the system at 1:24pm on 1st May, which means the UK reaches 168 hours without coal at 1.24pm today

National Grid Electricity System Operator was told to rearrange the postponed T-1 auction ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’

National Grid Electricity System Operator reveals participation of demand side flexibility in electricity markets has continued to grow since 2017

The plan outlines how the organisation aims to balance electricity supply and demand and manage the grid

However, National Grid ESO notes solar growth is making it more difficult to balance the UK grid when demand is low in sunny periods