Centrica and the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) have backed Highview Power with a £300 million investment. The funding will enable the liquid air energy storage firm to start building its first large-scale project.
Energy company Centrica Business Solutions has confirmed it has secured the development rights for a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant – its largest to date.
Centrica Business Solutions is set to deploy a 24MW/54MWh two-hour-plus battery energy storage system (BESS) in Belgium via Alfen, a Netherlands-based company.
Centrica is set to repurpose a former gas-fired power plant in North Yorkshire to include a 28MW battery and the potential to develop off-grid hydrogen production and solar.