Pacific Green enters into arrangement to develop 1.1 GW of UK battery storage

• International cleantech company Pacific Green has actually signed an exclusivity contract to develop as much as 1.1 GW of battery energy storage space systems (BESS) in the UK sourced by TUPA Energy.

As part of this, the firm has obtained civil liberties to 100MW of BESS in Kent, with plans in place for the remaining 1GW of storage space to be completed by 2023.

Pacific Green asserted it is currently "well placed" to end up being a leader in the UK BESS market, with strategies to scale up its BESS projects across the globe.

Scott Poulter, president of Pacific Green, said: "The arrangement with TUPA enhances and also improves our know-how to build our energy storage space system along with PowerChina and also Shanghai Electric".

Pacific Green developed a joint endeavor with EPC PowerChina in 2017, with this collaboration allowing the business to scale successfully, it said. It has actually additionally signed a framework agreement with Shanghai Electric Gotion New Energy Technology.

This most recent announcement complies with Pacific Green's purchase of energy technology company Innoergy in 2020, with its portfolio currently consisting of concentrated solar energy, water desalination and flue gas emission control systems along with battery storage space.

Chris Atherton, chairman of TUPA, described Pacific Green's entry into the UK battery storage market as "interesting", adding that its "ability to scale up in the aquatic market structure and also delivering an order publication of USD$ 250 million, dynamism as well as scalability were key to our choice to go unique with Pacific Green".