UK Sees Slew of Grid-Balancing BESS Project Announcements

UK sees slew of grid-balancing BESS project announcements

Image courtesy Wärtsilä The last two weeks have been fruitful for the UK’s battery energy storage (BESS) sector, with contracts and agreements announced by the likes of Balance Power, Wärtsilä, RES and Eku Energy across a range of projects. The announcements include: Balance Power’s planning approval for a 49.5MW project in Radwell Bury, Hertfordshire. Wärtsilä’s supply of a 68MW system in Lerwick, Shetland, to Zenobē. RES’s operations and main…

Mitie and Elements Green break ground on major energy storage project

Mitie Power & Grid, working with international renewable energy developer Elements Green, has begun construction on the Staythorpe Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) located in Newark, Nottinghamshire. The project will play a key role in strengthening the UK’s electricity storage, enhance national energy resilience and accelerating the transition to net zero. Construction is now underway, with around 60 jobs expected to be created during the b…

Mitie and Elements Green break ground at Staythorpe BESS

Mitie Power & Grid and Elements Green gathered to ‘break ground’ today to mark construction having commenced on the Staythorpe Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), located in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Construction is now underway, with around 60 jobs expected to be created during the build phase. The £71.5 million contract, awarded by international renewable energy developer Elements Green, sees Mitie Power & Grid, via G2 Energy, lead the design…