Utility Week

UTILITY WEEK | 18TH - 24TH JANUARY 2019 | 5 South West Water has discovered its largest ever fatberg, in a sewer in Sidmouth. The 64m-long "monster" fatberg lurking in the sewer networks of Devon is thought to be one of the largest found so close to the sea. The congealed mass of fat, oil, grease and wet wipes is expected to take around two months to remove. ELECTRICITY Shell signs up Anesco for UK battery storage A division of oil giant Shell has part- nered with UK renewable energy company Anesco on a battery storage project at the Bacton gas terminal site in Norfolk. The lithium ion battery is due to be commissioned this summer with a capacity of 1.25MW/1.25MWh. Anesco will provide the design, procurement, installation, com- missioning and maintenance of the utility-scale system. Steve Shine, executive chairman of Anesco, said: "We are delighted to be partnering with Shell New Energies on this exciting new project in the storage sector. It marks another significant milestone for us at Anesco." Anesco manages the funding, development, operation and main- tenance of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The company said its portfolio is "on track" to exceed 380MW by the end of 2020. It has constructed more than 100 solar farms, while its operations and maintenance service manages 21,800 assets. Anesco was the first company in the UK to achieve subsidy-free solar with its 10MW Clayhill solar farm near Flitwick in Bedfordshire, which was commissioned in 2017. Anesco hailed the site, which is co-located with a 6MW battery sys- tem, as a "landmark development" for the solar industry. The project was installed over three months after Anesco was granted planning permission for the project by Central Bedfordshire Council in 2015. ELECTRICITY Grid publishes green de-rating factors The electricity system operator at National Grid has published draft de-rating factors for renewables participating in the (currently suspended) capacity market. The preliminary figures give an early indication about how much they would be considered to contribute to security of supply and therefore how generously they would be compensated. As the EMR delivery body, National Grid Electricity System Operator has been tasked with developing a de-rating methodol- ogy for renewables should they be allowed to enter the capacity market in future. £930,000 Amount CCWater secured in financial redress for consumers from water companies in the first half of 2018/19. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 General public (through new taxes or fees on energy bills) Energy companies in the UK UK government (with existing taxes) Future UK residents (through public borrowing, government debt) Assigned responsibility (%) Increasing the use of low-carbon energy sources Ensuring energy is affordable for all households Funding programmes to reduce energy use in the UK Ensuring a reliable energy supply is continuously available Who should pay for the energy transition? The public supports the trans- formation of the energy system and is willing to shoulder some of the costs, but only if energy companies and the government pay their share, according to a study of 3,000 people carried out by Cardiff University on behalf of the UK Energy Research Centre. Respondents thought government had the greatest responsibility for funding the transformation. "Without a change in regulation, behaviour and a wholesale transfer of powers for local energy policies, we risk a tale of two cities in our major urban centres" Jonathan Werran, chief executive at Localis, says local councils should be given Ofgem's powers over distribution networks to kickstart local infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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