Centrica Business Solutions Bags 89MW Multi-battery Optimisation Deal

Feb 15, 2022 05:19 PM ET
  • The business has authorized a ten-year contract with 4 Renewable Energy for the optimisation of three battery storage space plants developed by Arlington Energy and also unfinished throughout England.
  • Totalling 89MW of assets with a one-hour period, the three projects are scheduled to be finished by summer 2022.

Centrica Business Solutions has authorized a ten-year contract with 4 Renewable Energy (previously known as INFRAGREEN IV RE), RGREEN INVEST's dedicated IPP platform, for the optimisation of 3 battery storage space plants developed by Arlington Energy and also under construction throughout England. Amounting to 89MW of assets with a one-hour period, the 3 projects are scheduled to be finished by summer 2022.

When commissioned, the assets will certainly facilitate the change towards Net Zero by offering essential flexibility to the energy system, aiding stabilise intermittent result from renewable energy resources and also enabling safety and security of supply in a renewable-based energy grid, Centrica stated.

This support is delivered with a mix of markets, which help to manage grid frequency, and energy trading to alleviate shortfalls in supply or demand through either temporary asset markets or the balancing mechanism.

Using its exclusive FlexPond ™ platform, Centrica will certainly supply this multi-market approach in behalf of 4 Renewable Energy, adapting the output of the battery in real time to provide economical use of the energy storage ability at any type of once.

" This stands for among the biggest battery optimisation deals in the UK, as well as a significant growth in the passions of RGREEN INVEST and Centrica Business Solutions to be leaders in the transition to net zero," explains Dan Connor, Head of Optimisation Sales at Centrica Business Solutions.

" The flexible, multi-market approach is critical to increasing the effect of battery storage space. It helps guarantee that higher degrees of renewable energy can be induced stream as well as made use of properly, which is fundamental to reaching net zero. Giving self-confidence in the degree of returns will bolster the substantial interest as well as investment we are presently seeing in the storage space field," he adds.

Sebastien Rondel, Head of Direct Investment at RGREEN INVEST, claims, "Centrica Business Solutions will certainly assist to make certain that these three battery projects are made use of as effectively as feasible, increasing both the roi and the payment to carbon reduction. Every battery storage project assists build the resilience and also agility called for to accelerate renewable energy generation as well as the transition away from fossil fuels."


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