Services that can be provided:

• Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) – Similar to frequency response, STOR is a service provided to National Grid to help provide stability to the network when there is a shortage of supply. However, unlike frequency response it provides a slower acting longer duration response.
• Electricity generation – Providing short term electricity supply to the grid due to the fluctuations in output of both renewables and traditional forms of generation, as well as the variability of electricity demand. Gas reciprocating plants are ideally placed to provide this flexible generation as they can come online for short periods of time to fill the gaps in supply. Large generators such as coal, combined cycle gas turbines or nuclear power plants are less well suited for this application as they require much longer periods of stable operation to be effective and take a significant amount of time to get up to full generating power.
• Capacity Market – If a major power plant, such as a large nuclear reactor or large gas generator, fails during the depths of winter, this could potentially lead to blackouts across the country unless other generation can be brought on line to replace the power lost by the failed plant. Capacity Market participants provide these back-up services. All of Statera’s assets are designed to deliver this reserve service to National Grid.