Pivot Power begins at 50MW UK storage space

• The lithium-ion battery project will certainly store enough electricity to power over 100,000 homes for two hours

Pivot Power has begun on a 50MW battery storage space center in the UK.

The lithium-ion battery project, situated in Sandwell in the northwest of Birmingham, will store enough electricity to power over 100,000 homes for 2 hours as soon as completely functional, Pivot Power said.

The site will certainly attach to the transmission network at National Grid's Bustleholme substation from which it will automatically charge as well as discharge to stabilize supply as well as need as well as handle energy intermittency, the company added.

The Sandwell site creates part of Pivot Power's Energy Superhub network which is created to deliver up to 2GW of transmission-connected battery storage and also high-volume power connections throughout the UK.

When work has actually been completed on the battery facility, Pivot Power prepares to mount a private-wire network that will be able to deliver huge quantities of power for quick electric vehicle crediting calculated places in the city.

Alongside a similar site in Coventry, which is due to begin building and construction in very early 2022, it will likewise replicate core elements of the firm's Superhub Oxford project, which combines a 50MW hybrid battery with Europe's most effective electrical vehicle charging network.

Pivot Power president Matt Allen said: "The motion towards zero carbon energy is unstoppable and our innovation gives the lynchpin to bring that to scale.

" Renewable energy as well as battery storage are corresponding, interconnected and also interdependent-- we should have both to accomplish internet zero.

" Our project at Sandwell will aid to develop the important facilities for the UK to speed up net zero."

Sandwell Council West Bromwich community lead Steve Melia said: "Sandwell Council is committed to sustaining renewable energy as well as empowering our area to live greener, much more lasting lives.

" Pivot Power's site enables us to get to that goal, assisting to sustain even more renewable resource and satisfy the expanding need for electrical vehicle charging.

" The site goes to the heart of a vivid facilities location, comprised of transportation hubs, garages as well as service stations, as well as will aid to develop a more sustainable transport network."

National Grid Electricity Transmission director of customer connections Roisin Quinn claimed: "We're working hard to link ingenious modern technology such as this Pivot Power project to our network, making use of new techniques as well as strategies to guarantee they can link straight to the high voltage system.

" Electricity Storage, specifically projects straight attached to the transmission system, can help handle tops and also troughs sought after for electricity-- making the electricity system more efficient as well as maintaining expenses down for customers as well."

Pivot Power claimed that the begin of works at the Sandwell site will cap off a hectic year which has also seen the activation of two 50MW lithium-ion battery storage space systems in Oxford and also Kent.

Both systems are straight attached to National Grid's high-voltage transmission networks and form part of Pivot Power's strategies to release approximately 40 similar sites throughout the UK, the company added.