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Dynamic Containment: what’s driving the price volatility?
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07 Jul 2022

In recent months, we’ve seen hugely volatile prices in Dynamic Containment (DC). This volatility has been driven by National Grid ESO’s changing volume requirements, and by dynamic (or elastic) price caps in the DC buy curves. In this piece, we explore...
LMP - Part Three: modelling a battery energy storage system
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30 May 2022

Nodal pricing - also known as Locational Marginal Pricing (or LMP) - is a way of determining the price of electricity that varies locationally. In Part One, we looked at the implications of nodal pricing for the whole energy system in Great Britain. Th...
LMP - Part Two: what will nodal pricing mean for battery energy storage?
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18 May 2022

Nodal pricing is a way of determining the price of electricity that varies locationally. But what would it mean for battery energy storage systems? In this piece, we examine how nodal pricing might impact frequency response services, wholesale trading, battery optimisation, and the investment case for co-location of solar and storage.
LMP - Part One: what is nodal pricing?
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05 Apr 2022

The Energy Systems Catapult has recently published a report recommending that GB power markets move to nodal pricing. Policy Exchange is similarly advocating locational pricing, and National Grid ESO has also shared similar opinions. So what do we mean by 'nodal pricing'? Could it incentivise intelligent dispatch and system design? And what are the pros and cons?
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