Triad Season is Here
Alongside the colder climate, seasonal plans and parties, matching pyjamas and Christmas shopping, November to March is the only time for the UK energy industry to experience the three identified National Grid periods known as Triads. We have prepared this article as a guide for what to expect, and what Limejump has prepared in relation to these occurrences.
Limejump Shortlisted for Multiple Awards at S&P Platts Global Energy Awards 2019
This December, Limejump will be excited to round off a fantastic year by participating in this year’s S&P Platts Global Energy Awards.
Limejump’s Kristina Rabecaite wins “Woman of the Year” Award at Solar & Storage Live Event
Kristina, a Business Development Manager at Limejump, won the prestigious award at last night’s event held at the NEC in Birmingham.
The Week in Flexibility: A super Sunday and pipeline attacks put volatile markets on edge
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. Delivering 26 degrees, the sunny Sunday led to BBQs erupting across the nation. However, the system operator was busy turning down Scottish wind to manage system constrains.
The Week in flexibility: Shifting winds and forecasting misalignments lead to system price volatility.
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. Over the early part of last week, we saw wind cause a lot of shakeup in the system.
The Week in Flexibility: Negative Prices Lead to a Charging Payday and a Significantly ‘Low’ Thursday
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. After the excitement of the previous week, it’s unsurprising that the last week seemed a little sedate in the world of flexibility.
The week in flexibility: French traders cover nuclear outages with UK sourced power
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment: The last ten days combined to produce a bumper issue!
Blackout Disruption and Concerns Over Interconnector Trading Further Underpin the Need for a New Market for Inertia in the UK
by Erik Nygard, CEO Limejump Like much of the industry, we are eagerly assessing the fallout from the blackouts earlier this month to consider how we – as a collective energy sector – can learn from what happened and prevent any future disruptive reoccurrence.
The Week in Flexibility: A Dynamic end to the week caps prices while Aberthaw burns through reserves
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment: We could be forgiven for forgetting all about flexible trading last week as cycles of speculations and corrections regarding the previous week's blackout #powercut was still the hot topic for everyone in the industry.
Friday’s blackouts: A Domino energy effect in action, and how the energy sector can prevent this happening again
by Erik Nygard, CEO Limejump On Friday 9 August, just before 1700, National Grid oversaw a sharp system frequency drop following the trip of Little Barford gas-fired power station which was generating roughly 700MW at the time. This has been referred to on social media as the #powercut.
The Week in Flexibility: Mid-week intrigue delivers one of the busiest weeks yet!
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. The balancing mechanism delivered action last week with Limejump managing 319 instructions across the week.
The week in flexibility: On Alert for Static
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment: Last week closed with quite a stir. Not only did we reach another milestone15 days coal-free, but on Thursday we also witnessed a significant static event.
The week in flexibility: a subdued start springs surprises and a record-breaking end
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. The week in flexibility kicked off fairly subdued, delivering subdued pricing on Monday, failing to reach higher than £52.90/MWh in the morning. But by the end of the week, the market could be described as anything but quiet.
Wind PPAs, powered by Limejump, deliver winds of change and a fairer deal for developers and operators
Onshore wind has caused much debate in the last decade. The glut of development approvals in the late noughties – fueled by the promise of ROCs and, at times generous, FIT subsidies – saw them pop up prolifically across the UK.
LIMEJUMP AWARDED YEP 2019 SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
The Limejump Operations and Trading team were incredibly proud to receive the Young Energy Professionals Forum (YEP) award for sustainability at the Young Energy Professional Awards for 2019.
The week in flexibility: Madness Visits After Midnight – Market Decoupling Provides Peak Price Opportunities
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment: Let’s address this right away, last Friday provided the world of flexible energy trading with a jolt of excitement.
The week in flexibility: Negative Nine: low demand and high wind combine to create a perfect renewable generation storm
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. It’s been a busy week in flexibility trading world. The sunny week gave way to an unprecedented renewable generation mix for market trading. First the coal-free record was broken again on Saturday (now over 10 days and counting).
The Week in Flexibility: Rapid Response Prevents UK Interconnector Woes
Each week, we take a look at the week in flexibility trading that has just been, and a look at what's next. Enjoy our latest instalment. Last week started on a huge high as the UK cantered towards a whole week without coal generation. Not only were we smashing the previous record of no coal usage (and it is worth remembering that it was only set last month).
The Week in Flexibility: Flips, fluctuation and forecasts
After a benign week at the end of March, the start of April last week delivered significant interest to the balancing mechanism. Tuesday gave us a morning with swings of up to £40 as the country got ready for work.
Power Purchase Agreements – Turn Market Volatility to your Advantage
With energy markets requiring ever more complex strategies to derive revenue, Power Purchase Agreements still provide the clearest methodology for trading energy to create a return from renewable resources. However, trading intelligently means taking advantage of inherent market volatility.