Second 300kW Connected Energy second life storage space system to be set up in Suffolk

• Connected Energy is to mount a second life battery energy storage space system in Suffolk, its 2nd in the region.

It will be mounted at the Mildenhall Hub, a brand-new growth including a school, recreation centers, a health and wellness centre, library as well as various other social work.

The 300kW/360kWh E-STOR storage system is to couple with the various other low carbon modern technology onsite, including a 160kWp solar array with possible for more solar in the coming years, 85kW natural gas-powered CHP system and also a 300kWth ground resource warm system, to optimise exactly how these modern technologies are made use of, with a purpose of reducing expenses as well as carbon strength.

The system - which includes 24 Renault Kangoo batteries - will originally provide Triad avoidance and regularity action services, however renewable optimisation will be its key feature once the complete PV selection is set up, Connected Energy said.

The West Suffolk Council-led project is to be finished in 2021. It follows on from Connected Energy installing an E-STOR system at a front runner heritage center-- dubbed The Hold - because of open up later on in 2020 on the University of Suffolk's Ipswich Campus. The storage space will play a similar function in this project, optimising energy usage as well as peak tons throughout a system that includes solar PV and also electric lorry battery chargers.

Connected Energy project manager, Nigel Dent, claimed that the Mildenhall Hub project is "particularly amazing as a result of the broader mix of technologies consisting of CHP and ground source heat".

" By optimising the fit between generation and also load we ought to be able to additional decarbonise the ground resource warmth for instance," he added.

The firm likewise admired its enhanced efficiencies on the power as well as capability sides of the E-STOR system, accomplished through collaborating with Renault as well as Hitatchi ABB Power Grids, as well as dramatically decreasing the price of cooling the system, whilst enhancing the performance and control.

John Griffiths, leader of West Suffolk Council, said: "We are delighted to be collaborating with Connected Energy, taking something that is already better for the environment in the form of an electric lorry, as well as providing its battery a 2nd life by repurposing it in this gigantic storage battery."