Storage

Storage units with a capacity of greater than 50MW are normally licensed, meaning that until now they have not been permitted to set their Production or Consumption status in the way smaller units can. Image: Elexon.

Changes to balancing and settlement code support large energy storage facilities

December 12, 2024
Elexon has changed to rules of the balancing and settlement code (BSC) to reduce the financial exposure faced by large energy storage facilities.
Allye’s MAX BESS is a mobile 300kWh unit that the company claims is the world’s first to use second-life EV batteries. Image: Allye Energy.

Allye Energy to provide portable BESS to OnBio for sustainable TV production

December 11, 2024
Allye Energy has delivered its first MAX battery energy storage system (BESS) to renewables provider OnBio.
A visualization of a BESS site

ILI Group granted consent for 100MW Ayrshire BESS

December 10, 2024
Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) Group has secured planning consent for a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Scotland, continuing a run of consent successes.
The two-hour duration BESS will connect to the grid at Richborough substation and is expected to be fully operational by 2025. Image: EDP.

EDP Renewables begins construction of 50MW/100MWh Kent BESS

December 10, 2024
Portuguese utility EDP, through EDP renewables (EDPR), has begun construction of its first standalone battery energy storage (BESS) asset in Europe.
BESS units in a row

York BESS denied planning permission

December 9, 2024
Plans for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Yorkshire have been squashed owing to significant concerns from the local council.
an overhead view of a stadium and land surrounding it

Root-Power lands planning consent for 50MW BESS

December 6, 2024
Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Root-Power has announced it has been granted planning permission for a 50MW/100MWh BESS in Scotland.
Image: Trina Storage.

Trina Storage to supply and integrate 50MW BESS for Temporis Capital and Clarke Energy

December 4, 2024
Trina Storage, the energy storage unit of Trina Solar, is set to deliver a 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Scottish Highlands.
Render of Invinity's Endurium flow batteries at a project site. Image: Invinity Energy Systems.

Invinity’s new flow battery aimed at enabling ’24/7 solar’ for the grid

December 3, 2024
New vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology from Invinity Energy Systems makes it possible for renewables to replace conventional generation on the grid 24/7, the company has claimed.
The co-located BESS development is the result of three years’ collaboration between Ørsted, NESO and National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET). Image: Jason Bye via Ørsted.

Ørsted’s 300MW/600MWh BESS a ‘blueprint for the future’

December 3, 2024
A 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) co-located with Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm onshore substation is expected to come online in 2026.
the application would see the development of a 24.5 hectare (60.5 acre) site at The Beeches, off Alkington Road, near the A41 close to Whitchurch. Image: PXfuel.

Planning submitted to Shropshire Council for 10MW solar and 12.5MWh storage development

December 2, 2024
A planning application for a 10MW solar power plant co-located with a 12.5MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been submitted to Shropshire Council.

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