Ed Porter
@edporter.bsky.social
All things energy transition and batteries.
Occasional host on the Transmission podcast.
Longer reads on LI, video on YouTube and both on Modo Energy’s terminal.
Occasional host on the Transmission podcast.
Longer reads on LI, video on YouTube and both on Modo Energy’s terminal.
Rethinking energy distribution in the NEM with Steve Lewis (Ausgrid)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
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November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
When providing flexibility in GB power markets, how does the cost of batteries compare with gas?
Source: modoenergy.com/research/bat...
Source: modoenergy.com/research/bat...
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When providing flexibility in GB power markets, how does the cost of batteries compare with gas?
Source: modoenergy.com/research/bat...
Source: modoenergy.com/research/bat...
How is connection reform working in GB? What are the big issues in actually delivering sites for CP30?
How could we accelerate this process and get more storage on the grid today?
youtu.be/JRnkz66JnCY?...
How could we accelerate this process and get more storage on the grid today?
youtu.be/JRnkz66JnCY?...
Fixing the UK’s grid connection backlog with Charles Deacon (Eclipse Power Solutions)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How is connection reform working in GB? What are the big issues in actually delivering sites for CP30?
How could we accelerate this process and get more storage on the grid today?
youtu.be/JRnkz66JnCY?...
How could we accelerate this process and get more storage on the grid today?
youtu.be/JRnkz66JnCY?...
Is solar and storage a good idea?
With billions under management, what is NextEnergy Capital looking at?
youtu.be/UJh7NOBOCd0?...
With billions under management, what is NextEnergy Capital looking at?
youtu.be/UJh7NOBOCd0?...
Is the flexibility gap holding back Europe’s energy transition?
YouTube video by Modo Energy
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Is solar and storage a good idea?
With billions under management, what is NextEnergy Capital looking at?
youtu.be/UJh7NOBOCd0?...
With billions under management, what is NextEnergy Capital looking at?
youtu.be/UJh7NOBOCd0?...
Today's Transmission episode is all about bringing down the cost of bills, link below
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today's Transmission episode is all about bringing down the cost of bills, link below
Want to hear how Gore Street Capital are scaling globally and the engineering needed to bring sites online?
With a special focus on Poland 🇵🇱
youtu.be/4U8z6jTjot8?...
With a special focus on Poland 🇵🇱
youtu.be/4U8z6jTjot8?...
How to scale a global battery portfolio - from Poland to Japan (Gore Street Capital)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Want to hear how Gore Street Capital are scaling globally and the engineering needed to bring sites online?
With a special focus on Poland 🇵🇱
youtu.be/4U8z6jTjot8?...
With a special focus on Poland 🇵🇱
youtu.be/4U8z6jTjot8?...
Want a wrap up of battery opportunities across US?
Such varied approaches, but consistent themes across constraints, solar, battery growth and demand
youtu.be/19AbpB2TzKE?...
Such varied approaches, but consistent themes across constraints, solar, battery growth and demand
youtu.be/19AbpB2TzKE?...
What’s driving America’s uneven battery energy storage boom (Modo Energy)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Want a wrap up of battery opportunities across US?
Such varied approaches, but consistent themes across constraints, solar, battery growth and demand
youtu.be/19AbpB2TzKE?...
Such varied approaches, but consistent themes across constraints, solar, battery growth and demand
youtu.be/19AbpB2TzKE?...
Europe's biggest battery?
Last week, I interviewed Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy) on Transmission covering the 1.4GW, 2.8GWh battery being installed at Thorpe Marsh on the site of an old coal unit.
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
Last week, I interviewed Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy) on Transmission covering the 1.4GW, 2.8GWh battery being installed at Thorpe Marsh on the site of an old coal unit.
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
Building Britain’s biggest battery energy storage system with Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Europe's biggest battery?
Last week, I interviewed Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy) on Transmission covering the 1.4GW, 2.8GWh battery being installed at Thorpe Marsh on the site of an old coal unit.
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
Last week, I interviewed Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy) on Transmission covering the 1.4GW, 2.8GWh battery being installed at Thorpe Marsh on the site of an old coal unit.
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
Behind the scenes of Britain first 1.4GW battery project.
How do you bring an asset of this size to market?
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
How do you bring an asset of this size to market?
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
Building Britain’s biggest battery energy storage system with Lisa Mackay (Fidra Energy)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Behind the scenes of Britain first 1.4GW battery project.
How do you bring an asset of this size to market?
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
How do you bring an asset of this size to market?
youtu.be/lh03TpFxoC8?...
🎉 Transmission turns 200 🎉
Over 200 episodes recorded - a huge thank you to our guests and listeners for bringing this to life.
If you’re interested in energy, new tech, some old tech, how power markets really work - check it out.
Here’s the link to every episode
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Over 200 episodes recorded - a huge thank you to our guests and listeners for bringing this to life.
If you’re interested in energy, new tech, some old tech, how power markets really work - check it out.
Here’s the link to every episode
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Transmission by Modo Energy - YouTube
Transmission is the weekly podcast from Modo Energy, the global standard for benchmarking and valuing electrification assets. Each episode, we sit down with ...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🎉 Transmission turns 200 🎉
Over 200 episodes recorded - a huge thank you to our guests and listeners for bringing this to life.
If you’re interested in energy, new tech, some old tech, how power markets really work - check it out.
Here’s the link to every episode
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Over 200 episodes recorded - a huge thank you to our guests and listeners for bringing this to life.
If you’re interested in energy, new tech, some old tech, how power markets really work - check it out.
Here’s the link to every episode
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
How did a UK solar and battery system perform in October?
Nearly all of that battery export is during peak load.
☀️ Solar 🤝 battery 🔋
Nearly all of that battery export is during peak load.
☀️ Solar 🤝 battery 🔋
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How did a UK solar and battery system perform in October?
Nearly all of that battery export is during peak load.
☀️ Solar 🤝 battery 🔋
Nearly all of that battery export is during peak load.
☀️ Solar 🤝 battery 🔋
For years, French nuclear was seen as a steady, unchanging source of baseload power.
But as renewables expand and prices move more sharply through the day, nuclear flexibility has become part of France’s daily power balance.
How much further can the fleet flex?
But as renewables expand and prices move more sharply through the day, nuclear flexibility has become part of France’s daily power balance.
How much further can the fleet flex?
October 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For years, French nuclear was seen as a steady, unchanging source of baseload power.
But as renewables expand and prices move more sharply through the day, nuclear flexibility has become part of France’s daily power balance.
How much further can the fleet flex?
But as renewables expand and prices move more sharply through the day, nuclear flexibility has become part of France’s daily power balance.
How much further can the fleet flex?
When the system operator needs to buy energy to balance the grid close to delivery, how does the price of batteries compare with gas?
Here’s the comparison for GB in September 2025.
Average battery accepted offers were £33/MWh cheaper than gas, reducing costs for consumers.
Here’s the comparison for GB in September 2025.
Average battery accepted offers were £33/MWh cheaper than gas, reducing costs for consumers.
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
When the system operator needs to buy energy to balance the grid close to delivery, how does the price of batteries compare with gas?
Here’s the comparison for GB in September 2025.
Average battery accepted offers were £33/MWh cheaper than gas, reducing costs for consumers.
Here’s the comparison for GB in September 2025.
Average battery accepted offers were £33/MWh cheaper than gas, reducing costs for consumers.
Total rated power of batteries in Great Britain has reached 6.3 GW and 10GWh.
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Total rated power of batteries in Great Britain has reached 6.3 GW and 10GWh.
How has Tesla performed as an optimiser in the GB battery storage market?
Great to see back in the ft.
Great to see back in the ft.
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
How has Tesla performed as an optimiser in the GB battery storage market?
Great to see back in the ft.
Great to see back in the ft.
Here are the interconnection timelines in California by technology…
Interesting to see how the investment theory changes and how surges in applications push out timelines
Interesting to see how the investment theory changes and how surges in applications push out timelines
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here are the interconnection timelines in California by technology…
Interesting to see how the investment theory changes and how surges in applications push out timelines
Interesting to see how the investment theory changes and how surges in applications push out timelines
The juice is worth the squeeze.
Check out @energykillian.bsky.social on Transmission talking through how we can reform green certificates to make an energy system fit for future and close some huge loopholes in "green" supply today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhg...
Check out @energykillian.bsky.social on Transmission talking through how we can reform green certificates to make an energy system fit for future and close some huge loopholes in "green" supply today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhg...
The flexibility blind spot in carbon accounting with Killian Daly (EnergyTag)
YouTube video by Modo Energy
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October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The juice is worth the squeeze.
Check out @energykillian.bsky.social on Transmission talking through how we can reform green certificates to make an energy system fit for future and close some huge loopholes in "green" supply today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhg...
Check out @energykillian.bsky.social on Transmission talking through how we can reform green certificates to make an energy system fit for future and close some huge loopholes in "green" supply today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhg...
How do batteries in the most advanced battery storage geographies make returns?
Once frequency response markets are saturated, they move into the next best market, often energy trading.
Their impact at peak is usually at the expense of thermal plant which will see reduced run hours.
Once frequency response markets are saturated, they move into the next best market, often energy trading.
Their impact at peak is usually at the expense of thermal plant which will see reduced run hours.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
How do batteries in the most advanced battery storage geographies make returns?
Once frequency response markets are saturated, they move into the next best market, often energy trading.
Their impact at peak is usually at the expense of thermal plant which will see reduced run hours.
Once frequency response markets are saturated, they move into the next best market, often energy trading.
Their impact at peak is usually at the expense of thermal plant which will see reduced run hours.
A snippet from Cleaning up with @mliebreich.bsky.social
Around 19:45:
Yes, shifting to renewable systems lowers grid inertia (importantly not to below required levels)…
Around 19:45:
Yes, shifting to renewable systems lowers grid inertia (importantly not to below required levels)…
The £60 Billion Plan To Rewire Britain | Ep227: John Pettigrew
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A snippet from Cleaning up with @mliebreich.bsky.social
Around 19:45:
Yes, shifting to renewable systems lowers grid inertia (importantly not to below required levels)…
Around 19:45:
Yes, shifting to renewable systems lowers grid inertia (importantly not to below required levels)…
Pretty cool to see Modo Energy data highlighting the growth of battery storage and storage’s expanding role from supporting frequency to energy balancing, reserve and future voltage support.
October 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Pretty cool to see Modo Energy data highlighting the growth of battery storage and storage’s expanding role from supporting frequency to energy balancing, reserve and future voltage support.
Had a blast speaking at Everything Electric on the future of resilient grids hosted by the excellent @bobbyllew.bsky.social
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Had a blast speaking at Everything Electric on the future of resilient grids hosted by the excellent @bobbyllew.bsky.social
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
How does liquidity pick up in Intraday markets, looking at Germany?
Slide from the recent German Livestream - which you can get here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drhd...
Slide from the recent German Livestream - which you can get here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drhd...
October 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
How does liquidity pick up in Intraday markets, looking at Germany?
Slide from the recent German Livestream - which you can get here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drhd...
Slide from the recent German Livestream - which you can get here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drhd...
Very clear demonstration of cannibalisation of frequency response revenues as batteries push out any legacy technology from these markets.
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Very clear demonstration of cannibalisation of frequency response revenues as batteries push out any legacy technology from these markets.
If you'd like to understand how batteries could work alongside gas and hydro in Spain, check out the latest Modo Energy livestream on BESS in Spain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nR...
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you'd like to understand how batteries could work alongside gas and hydro in Spain, check out the latest Modo Energy livestream on BESS in Spain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0nR...
Fun sawtooth trading in 15-min day ahead market in Germany
I don’t expect it to stay as trading patterns evolve and generators pick up additional 15-min blocks or buy back lower end of period volume.
Source: modoenergy.com/research/ger...
I don’t expect it to stay as trading patterns evolve and generators pick up additional 15-min blocks or buy back lower end of period volume.
Source: modoenergy.com/research/ger...
October 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Fun sawtooth trading in 15-min day ahead market in Germany
I don’t expect it to stay as trading patterns evolve and generators pick up additional 15-min blocks or buy back lower end of period volume.
Source: modoenergy.com/research/ger...
I don’t expect it to stay as trading patterns evolve and generators pick up additional 15-min blocks or buy back lower end of period volume.
Source: modoenergy.com/research/ger...