Plans for a £62 million energy storage facility with 100MW capacity have been approved for development at the Teesworks industrial zone.
The scheme proposed by Energy Optimisation Solutions (EOS) will see the 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) constructed on a three-acre plot at the Long Acres section of the Teesworks site. NatPower is planning a 1GW BESS in the same area of the Teesworks freeport.
A planning application was submitted to the Redcar and Cleveland Council in December 2024. EOS first reached an agreement with Teesworks for the development in July 2024.
The EOS facility adjoins the site where hydrogen production facilities HyGreen Teesside and H2 Teesside, both led by multinational oil and gas company BP, are planned to be built. The Net Zero Teesside project, which aims to be “one of the world’s first” commercial-scale gas-fired power stations with carbon capture and storage, is also nearby.
Teesworks Limited chairman Chris Musgrave said battery storage is a “key piece” in the clean energy mix at Teesworks.
EOS director Pete Walker added: “With so much renewable energy development planned for the site, such a supportive environment and such an experienced team in charge, it makes for the perfect location for our next battery storage facility.”
EOS has several battery storage projects already underway in the UK. The energy storage solutions provider is backed by funding from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners; the two are working together on a 230MW/460MWh BESS in Newport South Wales, under their portfolio company Uskmouth Energy Storage (UES). E.ON came on board in March 2024.
The Uskmouth BESS asset is the latest large-scale project Quinbrook is pursuing and adding to its portfolio. Perhaps the most noteworthy UK development for Quinbrook is the flagship 373MW Cleve Hill solar-plus-storage nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP).
Quinbrook closed debt financing for the project in March this year with a £218.5 million term loan and a £20 million VAT facility, is provided by Lloyds and NatWest.
Earlier this year, it acquired a second solar NSIP, the 350MW Mallard Pass solar PV project which was brought through planning by a joint venture between Windel Energy and Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar.
