RES gets green light to set up 100-MW battery in England

• UK-based RES Group has actually safeguarded consent to construct a 99.9-MW battery storage space center in North Yorkshire, England, it claimed on Thursday.

Dubbed Lakeside Energy Storage space, the system will certainly broaden the company's fleet of energy storage properties in the UK as well as Ireland to 420 MW. When built, it will be the largest one of its kind in RES' portfolio.

The battery setup, to be located in Selby, will certainly consist of 51 containers as well as 42 transformers and also will be capable of saving sufficient power to cover the day-to-day power usage of greater than 20,000 residences. The saved power volumes will be fed into the grid during periods of enhanced demand as well as lower renewables generation.

RES expects to break ground on the project late next year so as to bring the system online by late 2023.

"Enhancing energy storage space capability enables us to securely maximise the able to be used result from renewables as well as is a vital part of the framework needed to power the energy transition as well as fulfill the UK's climate goals," said Alan McMahon, head of energy storage at RES.