Battery energy storage systems (BESS) from several different firms have been proving their value as they supported Britain through recent interconnector failures.

The renewable energy arm of utility SSE has begun construction of a 320MW/640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in North Yorkshire.

Highfield Solar has successfully secured full financing for two new solar projects in Ireland, with a combined 132MWp capacity.

Electricity and clean energy service supplier Good Energy Group PLC has acquired Amelio Solar, a solar installation company based in Lincolnshire.

Institutional energy investment firm EIG has announced the launch of a new battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, Fidra Energy.

Solar and infrastructure investor NextPower UK ESG (NPUK) revealed on Friday (7 October) that it has signed one of the UK’s largest solar sleeved PV power purchase agreements (PPAs) with utility Anglian Water Services covering the 75MW Llanwern solar PV power plant in Wales.

TagEnergy has energised what it claims is the UK’s largest transmission-connected BESS: the 100MW/200MWh Lakeside project in North Yorkshire.

Solar and energy storage company Anesco has been granted the green light to develop a 48MW solar PV power plant in Coven, Staffordshire.

A 200MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bathgate, Scotland, has passed through West Lothian Council’s executive committee with no objections.

Pacific Green has completed major milestones at the Sheaf Energy Park, pushing forward the energy storage project on a former coal power site.