Gridserve completes UK solar, battery project

• Warrington Council will certainly offtake energy from the 23MWp Cirencester scheme

Gridserve has actually completed as well as handed over one more of its sophisticated hybrid solar + battery farms to Warrington Borough Council in the north-west England.

At more than 88 acres, the equivalent to greater than 50 football pitches, the 23MWp Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm is the initial DC-coupled solar farm of this size in the UK, according to Gridserve.

Its commercial model utilizes battery storage as well as innovative innovations to maximise revenue and assistance balance the grid-- both throughout the day with direct solar generation as well as at night with power stored in the 51MWh battery.

Situated in Witpit Lane, Cirencester, the 23MWp solar farm includes greater than 43,000 bifacial solar panels on trackers, co-located with 51 MWh of DC-coupled power storage.

Power from Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm will certainly be used to aid supply net zero power for Warrington's fleet of all-electric buses, following year, whilst a hybrid solar farm in York-- turned over in December 2019-- is offering energy which can be marketed into the grid.

A 3rd site in Hull is providing all of the Council's net zero energy demands, making Warrington Council the first neighborhood authority in the UK to generate all of its own electrical energy, Gridserve said.

Gridserve chief executive Toddington Harper said: "It is our collective duty to tackle the environment adjustment emergency. Projects like Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm call for no federal government subsidy and provide secure, cost effective and also plentiful energy.

" They show that the UK can satisfy its net zero commitments, and in partnership with Warrington Borough Council, allow us to deliver extreme carbon decreases to relocate the needle on environment change in the fastest feasible durations, as well as at the most affordable cost."