Added transparency with Granular Energy, Electricity Prices Explained and electrifying larger vehicles: DES October LinkedIn newsletter

Welcome back to our monthly newsletter, covering all our latest stories from October. This month, we look at:

• Our newest partnership with Granular Energy
• The Autumn update of our Third Party Costs guide, now called Electricity Prices Explained
• How the UK's getting on with electrifying HGVs and larger vehicles
• The intermittency challenge – and why it comes with a cost
• Adam Hall ’s feature on The EV Café podcast

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Bringing transparency to green power sourcing with Granular Energy

We’ve partnered with leading provider of clean energy management software for utilities, Granular Energy , to help our customers prove their sustainability credentials.

Granular Energy’s software matches consumers’ renewables needs with available certificates, and provides reporting with unprecedented transparency, detailing the exact origin of the energy they used.

See what Paul Miller , Sales and Marketing Director, had to say about the partnership below, and read the full announcement here.

Electricity Prices Explained – Autumn 2024 guide out now

Last month Daniel Starman , Energy Market Lead at Drax, shared the Autumn 2024 update of our Third Party Costs (TPCs) summary guide, which we’re now calling Electricity Prices Explained. Alongside the full report, we hosted an insightful webinar exclusive for Drax customers and partners.

If you’re not a customer or partner of ours, you can download the summary version of the guide here, where you can view the key movements in commodity prices and third party costs.

How’s the UK doing with electrifying larger vehicles?

According to estimates, at the end of 2023, diesel-run heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) make up 5% of vehicles on the UK’s roads – yet they’re responsible for 17% of all road transport emissions.

In our latest three-part series, we look at the progress the UK and its organisations are making towards HGVs and large van electrification. Article-by-article, we consider the UK’s larger-vehicle electrification status, the challenges involved in transitioning lorries and large vans to electric, and the routes forward to a zero-carbon UK haulage fleet.

See how the UK’s transition from petrol and diesel HGVs and large vans is getting on in the first article of the series below.

Why does intermittency come with a cost?

Many nations want to decarbonise their energy systems and use fewer fossil fuels and more renewable energy. However, the renewable output from intermittent assets (like wind and solar) is less reliable and flexible than the power that thermal generators provide as standard. Add to that a separate but related challenge of intermittent assets tending to exist on the periphery of the grid in Great Britain; there’s a crucial need for delivering system flexibility.

Our latest article explores the four main options for delivering system flexibility without reliance on fossil-fired thermal sources. Read it now.

Drax Electric Vehicles on The EV Café podcast

Adam Hall , Director of Energy Services Drax Electric Vehicles ⚡ recently sat down with Paul Kirby and John Curtis 🚗 ⚡️ on The EV Café podcast. Listen to them discuss:

• The challenges of decarbonising fleets, especially vans, and the crucial role of driver engagement and education
• The impact of negative media on EV adoption and highlight the importance of sharing positive stories to balance the narrative.
• Our full turnkey solution for fleet electrification—from vehicle suitability assessments to long-term charge point operation and maintenance