Construction begins on 50MW Scottish battery project

• Zenobe scheme will certainly be the very first to connect straight to the country's transmission system

Zenobe has started building and construction a 50MW/100 megawatt-hours battery storage space project, which is he initially such center to connect straight to the transmission system in Scotland.

Centrica, Fluence and H&MV have been selected by Zenobe as the providers for the project in Wishaw, which is being financed by Santander UK.

The site will allow 640 gigawatt-hours of renewable generation to take a trip from north to southern over the next 15 years.

The battery is the very first to be made use of as part of National Grid ESO's Constraints Management pathfinder project, a scheme set up to safeguard power supply for Glasgow and the surrounding the region, according to the business.

The project is expected to go live by the end of 2022.

Zenobe is working with Centrica as the route to market provider, going into a long-lasting floor contract which will see Centrica optimize the battery and open access to a range of revenue streams for the asset.

Fluence has been selected as the Battery Energy Storage System provider, as well as H&MV as the Principal Designer and Contractor respectively.

Zenobe founder and director James Basden stated: "This project shows genuine innovation.

" Scotland is leading the world in its relocate to renewable resource and Zenobē is proud to be supplying the crucial facilities required for the country's clean power transition.

" Together with our partners Fluence, Centrica, H&MV and also Santander UK, we're increasing flexibility of power supply for Glasgow and also the bigger network and so permitting a greater uptake of renewable energy.

" The battery at Wishaw is the first of a collection of significant battery flexibility projects by Zenobe as well as part of the ₤ 500m (EUR594.2 m) we mean to purchase Scotland in the following five years."

Fluence managing supervisor for UK, Ireland & Israel Marek Kubik claimed: "We delight in to be dealing with Zenobe to provide the largest battery-based energy storage system to date in Scotland as well as the first to be connected directly to the transmission system in the nation.

" The project in Wishaw will certainly make use of the very configurable Gridstack item with intelligent side controls that is made for the most requiring market applications and also grid services.

" With the 50MW system being deployed in less than one year, Scotland will have the ability to take advantage of the addition of affordable, zero-emissions capacity in the near term while it builds in the direction of its 2045 net-zero target."