Penso Power and also Luminous Energy get green light for 350MW battery storage asset

• Welbar Energy Storage joint venture - composed of Penso Power and Luminous Energy-- have actually protected planning permission for a 350MW connection capacity battery storage development in North Warwickshire.

The Hams Hall site consists of authorization for greater than 1,750 MWh of battery storage, with the lithium-ion battery asset having scope for greater than 5 hrs of duration.

Penso Power stated it will certainly provide a wide series of solutions to sustain Britain's power grid, consisting of the prospective to offer longer period services.

A record from Aurora Energy Research in February suggests approximately 24GW of Long Duration Energy Storage will be required by 2035 to permit the grid to completely decarbonise. The demand to develop within this market is gaining boosting interest, including the Department of Business, Energy as well as Industrial Strategy revealing virtually ₤ 7 million in funding to support its advancement previously this year.

Speaking With Solar Power Portal lately, Richard Thwaites, Chief Executive Officer of Penso Power stated: "So with our model, we absolutely see a scale benefit of larger projects. That gets on connection expenses, release prices, procurement, also recurring procedures and alternatives for routes to market. So we believe large projects make a whole lot more feeling from a monetary perspective."

Hams Hall-- which rests eastern of Birmingham and near the M6 Toll-- becomes part of a more than 3GWh pipeline of projects being moneyed by international maritime group BW Group, adhering to an agreement announced by Penso Power in October 2021.

Penso Power, Luminous Energy and BW Group will all end up being joint shareholders in the growth of the Hams Hall project, with the previous additionally managing it when it becomes functional.

" Currently more than ever the UK needs to take back control over its energy supply," stated David Bryson of Luminous Energy.

" Energy storage is crucial in providing affordable, tidy power, while also improving the UK's grid integrity. This project, among a pipe we have in development, will certainly additionally contribute monetarily to lasting and eco-friendly campaigns locally."

Penso Power has actually formerly established the 100MW Minety battery energy storage system (BESS), which entered into full procedure in July 2021. The site contains 2 50MW batteries, with plans in place to expand the site by a more 50MW.

The business is looking to continue to target larger scale, longer period battery energy storage going forwards.

"I'm impressed that we're still seeing one hour duration projects, seeing them entering into planning. I can't see why someone would do a one hour period project. It is so limiting in terms of what you can do with it," included Thwaites.

Luminous Energy meanwhile specialises in the growth of massive solar and battery energy storage projects, having brought over 1GW of projects to market across 4 continents. This includes a number of projects in the UK, such as the Llwyndyrus solar ranch in Wales which it offered to Blackfinch Energy in 2019.