Cornwall Insight

New research from Cornwall Insight has noted that a day after the UK government imposed lockdown, energy demand dropped 13%. This was much lower than the average, as per the graph below.

The migration of SMETS1 meters onto the Data Communications Company’s (DCC) systems is making progress, says Cornwall Insight.

Owing to elevated wind speeds in January onshore wind energy load factors averaged 42% for the month, and older offshore sites (pre-2016) reached an average of 52%.

The results of the first auction under the new Italian renewables subsidy were announced on 28 January by Gestore dei Servizi Energetici.

23% of UK energy suppliers with the cheapest tariff have left the market either through Ofgem’s SoLR process or by being acquired by another supplier.

Electric vehicle (EV) sales bucked the overall 2019 trend of falling car sales with figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers (SMMT) showing that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) registrations have risen by 144% to 37,850.

A new whitepaper looks at the role of DSOs and how they will evolve if flexibility exchange platforms – tools which enable providers to trade flexibility in multiple markets – become widespread.

On 9 December the UK experienced a negative day-ahead trading price for the first time

We spoke with Oliver Archer, an analyst at Cornwall Insight, regarding the benefits of SMETS smart meters and this what he had to say:

The market for connected home devices is set to grow substantially over the next five years, according to new research from Cornwall Insight.