Ilhan Seven
Flexible Plant Manager: A Holistic BESS Control Solution with Built-in Market Access
Energy storage is essential in the energy transition. However, using battery energy storage at a large scale is fairly new and the ways...
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Andy Harper
- Mar 1, 2023
- 4 min
A day in the life of an Engineering Analyst
Hi, I’m Andy and I am a Senior Engineering Analyst here at Krakenflex. I’ve been working here for just under 2 years. The nature of my...
Kate Wajda-Nikiel
- Feb 10, 2023
- 5 min
Krakathon 2022 - Hacking for Good!
Introduction “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any KrakenFlex hackathon before…” So according to our annual just-before-Christmas...
Charlotte Johnson
- Dec 21, 2022
- 6 min
2022 Wrapped: increasing levels of wind generation requires more flexibility
In 2022, the cost-of-living crisis, largely driven by high fossil fuel prices, has dominated headlines. But it’s also been a year to...
Charlotte Johnson
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Kraken acquires Swiss-based Depsys and its ‘GridEye’ platform
Octopus Energy Group’s Kraken moves into distribution network operations with acquisition of energy tech provider Depsys and its...
Charlotte Johnson
- Nov 8, 2022
- 4 min
Why energy has a legacy problem we can’t afford to ignore
Since the Internet went mainstream more than 20 years ago, it has been a disruptive force for good across countless sectors and...
Mel Mercer-Royce
- Oct 12, 2022
- 1 min
KrakenFlex launch pilot project in America!
#IncubatenergyLabs #DemoDay2022 We are proud to announce that on October 26th 2022, KrakenFlex will be presenting the findings of their...
Charlotte Johnson
- Oct 11, 2022
- 5 min
Consumer engagement - a critical step on the road to net zero
We are about to enter the most complex and critical stage of the energy transition. One that will require rapid and well-orchestrated...
Mel Mercer-Royce
- Oct 6, 2022
- 2 min
KFlex to control heat pumps and other energy tech to reduce bills for Belgian households
Entech platform Kraken has been licensed by energy solutions provider Noven to save Belgian households from costly peak energy costs,...
Charlotte Johnson
- Aug 19, 2022
- 7 min
The future of carbon pricing: coal-ling out the fossil fools
Carbon pricing is considered one of the most important policies to reduce emissions by increasing the operating costs of high carbon...
Simon Hilton
- Aug 15, 2022
- 4 min
Flexing Domestic Assets
The challenges, improvements and what's next The UK energy system is going through the largest change in decades, in a bid to transition...
Martin Tejada
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
Back to School
Guiding the Talent of the Future At KrakenFlex we are committed to tackling climate change utilising innovative technology solutions. We...
Charlotte Johnson
- Jul 19, 2022
- 6 min
Roads to Net Zero: A view on NGESO’s latest Future Energy Scenarios
Yesterday, National Grid ESO (NGESO) released its Future Energy Scenarios 2022. A report published annually which outlines NGESO’s views...
Andrew Walker
- May 13, 2022
- 6 min
The day in the life of a Data Scientist
The internet would have you believe that Data Science is simultaneously the sexiest job of the 21st century and the role most likely to...
Andy Molineux
- May 3, 2022
- 4 min
Winning ideas: What happened at our annual ‘Krakathon’?
Tech innovation is something we’re hugely passionate about here at KrakenFlex. We live and breathe it - it’s simply in our DNA! One of...
Mel Mercer-Royce
- Apr 22, 2022
- 2 min
KrakenFlex and Danske Commodities partner up to flexibly manage green assets globally
Octopus Energy Group’s KrakenFlex to enable Danske Commodities to access the UK and other flexibility markets Manchester, 22 April 2022 -...
Charlotte Johnson
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
Dynamic Regulation: Ready, set, go!
Currently, the GB electricity system is experiencing lower inertia and larger, more frequent imbalances than ever before. A few years ago...
Mel Mercer-Royce
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
Manchester Born and Bread!
Seven years ago, on a cold wet day in Lancashire, our founders pondered over a falafel how their idea for controlling millions of energy...
Mel Mercer-Royce
- Apr 1, 2022
- 5 min
Lessons from the Reframe conference
The end of March marks the end of Women’s History Month in the UK. It’s a good time to reflect on the events and conversations that took...
Fiona Law
- Mar 7, 2022
- 11 min
Day in the life of a software engineer at KrakenFlex
Hi I'm Fiona and I am a Software Engineer at KrakenFlex. It's hard to sum up what a Software Engineer does, because there’s so many...
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