Balancing Mechanism: the impact of dispatch duration on “skip rates”

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Balancing Mechanism: the impact of dispatch duration on “skip rates”

Battery energy storage systems get skipped in the Balancing Mechanism - a lot! And, at the moment, there’s a big limitation on battery use - dispatches are restricted to just 15 minutes in length.

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Balancing Mechanism: the impact of dispatch duration on “skip rates”

Balancing Mechanism: the impact of dispatch duration on “skip rates”

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