Harmony Energy gains lease for 100MW Creyke Beck energy storage project

• Battery energy storage developer Harmony Energy has secured a lease for its Creyke Beck project.

The business has intending authorization from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for an overall of 100MW of battery storage. When finished, the website is expect to have a capacity of up to 200MWh.

Harmony Energy has actually acquired the 40 year lease from Keyland Developments, the home trading arm of Kelda Group and also sister company to Yorkshire Water.

"We're extremely pleased to get this deal across the line; the energy field represents an exciting new service location for us to check out and we expect sourcing further possibilities from within Kelda Group's extensive landholding," said Peter Garrett, managing supervisor, Keyland Developments.

Harmony Energy originally obtained preparation permission for a 49.5 MW growth at Creyke Beck in Cottingham, near to Hull, in November 2019.

The company has an expanding pipeline of battery energy storage projects in the UK, announcing a joint venture with global clean energy group TagEnergy for 2 grid-scale battery energy storage projects in England as well as Scotland with an overall capacity of 100MWh in November 2021.

In 2020, it signed a deal with Fotowatio Renewable Ventures to build a 99MW/ 198MWh project in southerly England.

Harmony Energy safeguarded ₤ 186.5 million via IPO in 2021 also, to acquire a seed portfolio including a collection of 5 energy storage space assets that with each other total 213.5 MW/427MWh and also which are set to make use of Tesla's battery storage space innovation.