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  • Erova Energy and Finglight sign 15-year PPA for 107 MW UK solar portfolio

    Erova Energy and Finglight sign 15-year PPA for 107 MW UK solar portfolio

    Erova Energy Group (Erova) has signed a 15-year Contracts for Difference (CfD)-backed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Finlight, a pan-European renewable energy platform, for a 107 MW solar portfolio in England.

    The agreement covers two solar farms that secured contracts in the UK Government’s Allocation Round 6, including Osberton, a 51.9 MW site in Nottinghamshire, and Skeeby, a 55.5 MW site in North Yorkshire. Under the PPA, Erova will provide route-to-market and optimisation services for both assets over the 15-year term.

    As more renewables connect to the grid, UK solar assets need more active management to navigate price volatility, imbalance risk and periods of negative pricing. Erova will help Finlight manage these risks and access intraday market opportunities.

    Nick Williams, CEO, Erova Energy, said: “As UK solar capacity grows, asset owners need long-term partners who can manage market risk and optimise performance over time. This agreement reflects Erova’s ability to support renewable projects with flexible PPA and risk management solutions tailored to each asset.”

    Gurpreet Gujral, CEO, Finlight, said: “This agreement gives us a robust long-term route-to-market solution for over 100 MW of solar capacity and provides valuable revenue certainty. Erova’s market expertise and long-term commitment made it a natural partner for these projects. Osberton and Skeeby represent an important part of our growing UK portfolio and our ambition to accelerate investment in clean energy infrastructure. Together with Erova, we look forward to continuing to deliver reliable renewable energy to our customers.”

    Since its acquisition by Macquarie Group in 2025, Erova has expanded its PPA capabilities, including its ability to participate in larger tenders and support longer-term contracts.

  • Erova Energy approved by Elexon as a Virtual Lead Party

    Generators can benefit from wider access to Erova’s Balancing Mechanism service

     

    LONDON – 10th December 2020

     

    Erova Energy, the dynamic energy trading provider, has been approved by Elexon as a Virtual Lead Party. The new agreement will see Erova providing wider access to the Balancing Mechanism for its generators through its Erova.io platform.

    The license will enable more generators to sign up to the energy trading platform, which help to increase the flexibility of the National Grid, ensuring electricity demand is balanced, especially during peak usage times or times of low generation. It will also support the deployment of more renewables on the Grid, delivering long term sustainability benefits.

    Erova.io is a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform that enables generators to manage the aggregation, forecasting and trading position across their entire asset portfolio. The Erova trading team brings to market extensive experience in managing large gas fired power plants within the Balancing Mechanism.

    Following the recent Elexon approval, Erova can now provide Balancing Mechanism access to a wider range of embedded and supplier registered assets. It will also enable Erova to create additional revenue stream to deliver subside free onshore wind or solar.

    “The energy market is at a pivot point as generators strive for new and innovative ways to manage their assets,” said Nick Williams, Director of Origination at Erova. “The Covid-19 pandemic has created new demands in electricity usage. Our partnership with Elexon will enable us to provide power generators with a more agile and flexible model to meet changing market expectations.”

    Erova currently manages over 700MW of renewable generation across a range of Route to Market structures including Power Purchase Agreements in Ireland and the UK. During the past 12 months Erova has continued to develop their trading platform to include Battery Storage and Gas Peaking plants.

    The Virtual Lead Party role was created as part of a Wider Access initiative by both National Grid ESO and Elexon to enable a wider participation of assets and customers into the Balancing Mechanism. By increasing the availability to more assets National Grid ESO aims to develop a more flexible system especially as more intermittent generation joins the UK fuel mix and with recent fluctuations in electricity demands following the Covid-19 crisis.

     

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    About Erova Energy:

    Erova was established in 2015 and has grown rapidly in both financial strength and products offered to the market. Having created a bespoke trading platform with 24/7/365 operation capabilities and trading across the full energy spectrum (power, gas and certificates), Erova has been able to offer bespoke route -to-market agreements in the UK and Ireland. A-rated Mitsui & Co invested in the company in March 2018. See http://erovaenergy.com/wp/

     

    Enquiries

    For all enquiries, please contact Nick Williams on +44 (0)7733 184654 or email nick.williams@erovaenergy.ie

  • Open Energi and Erova Energy launch UK’s first fully automated energy optimisation and trading system

    Dynamic Demand 2.0 Traded will deliver optimum return on investment for energy storage developers

     

    LONDON – 10th March 2020

    Open Energi, the UK’s leader in the automated optimisation of distributed energy, has announced the launch of Dynamic Demand 2.0 Trader – a partnership agreement with energy trading specialist Erova Energy. The partnership is the first of its kind to offer fully automated algorithmic optimisation and route-to-market services, promising higher returns for flexible energy assets and renewable generators.

    The combined best-in-class systems will maximise flexibility benefits for battery storage assets and gas peakers by accessing traded revenues via the Wholesale market and Balancing Mechanism.

    To fully unlock the potential of flexible energy assets, automated real-time dispatch is increasingly necessary; for example, to comply with new battery warranties, which feature variable SOC dependencies. Dynamic Demand 2.0 Traded will benefit from Open Energi’s proven ability to optimise asset positioning in volatile traded markets through its Dynamic Demand 2.0 fully automated control platform, while Erova Energy’s trading expertise will boost the achievable revenues through automated price forecasting and unrivalled market insight.

    The Dynamic Demand 2.0 Traded co-optimisation leverages the full benefits of algorithmic trading, as assets will continuously re-optimise and take positions automatically, but also allows manual override of dispatch through Erova Energy’s 24hr trading desk, to take full advantage during extreme pricing events.

    Open Energi’s Dynamic Demand 2.0 is an advanced, machine-learning led, automated dispatch platform for flexibility assets. It uses market leading, patented control software to dynamically optimise assets across various price signals and grid services, while extending asset lifetime.

    Erova Energy has quickly become a leading short-term power trading expert in Europe, operating across the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and the Netherlands. It provides generators with a range of trading services, from traditional PPAs through to flexible route-to-market trading arrangements. For any independent generator or supplier, Erova’s virtual trading desk removes the risk, complexity and collateral required to directly access the market.

    Together, Open Energi and Erova Energy will target 300-500MW of assets in the first 18 months of the partnership.

    David Hill, Director, Open Energi, said: “We are excited to be working with Erova, who have a great reputation for innovation and trading capabilities. If you combine their expertise with Open Energi’s advanced asset optimisation capabilities, both parties are really playing to their strengths. Our energy market continues to evolve rapidly and storage and infrastructure developers are crying out for agile, innovative solutions to maximise the return on their investment.”

    Nick Williams, Director, Erova Energy, said: “We are delighted to be working with Open Energi, whose asset forecasting and optimisation capabilities, along with their track record in the market, are reflected in the quality of their platform. The Dynamic Demand 2.0 platform perfectly complements and integrates with our route-to-market capabilities and together we can offer optimal solutions in the challenging UK grid-scale storage and gas peaker flexibility markets.”

     

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    About Open Energi:

    Open Energi’s technology automates and optimises a network of distributed energy resources to radically reduce energy costs and provide reliable, real-time flexibility to enable a 100% renewable energy system. The platform uses artificial intelligence to safely co-ordinate distributed energy resources at scale and trade flexibility across energy markets. Ultimately, this enhances our standard of living by helping to deliver as much energy as we want at a standard price and without harming the planet. See https://www.openenergi.com/

     

    About Erova Energy:

    Erova was established in 2015 and has grown rapidly in both financial strength and products offered to the market. Having created a bespoke trading platform with 24/7/365 operation capabilities and trading across the full energy spectrum (power, gas and certificates), Erova has been able to offer bespoke route -to-market agreements in the UK and Ireland. A-rated Mitsui & Co invested in the company in March 2018. See http://erovaenergy.com/wp/

     

    Enquiries

    For all enquiries, please contact Nick Williams, Erova Energy, +4477 33 184654, nick.williams@erovaenergy.ie

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