UK battery project wins preparing appeal

• Balance Power's Wolverhampton West BESS site lies on the edge of south Staffordshire

UK storage space developer Balance Power has won an appeal on a 50MW battery power storage space system (BESS) project in the Midlands.

The project, Wolverhampton West, on the edge of south Staffordshire, was authorized on appeal after an examiner discovered that the environmental benefits offered unique circumstances for being situated in the Green Belt, as well as straight align with national efforts to decarbonise the UK's power system.

The appeal win "demonstrates the business's diligence" when choosing websites and also preserves Balance Power's performance history on preparation applications, with a preparation success rate of 94%.

Balance Power has actually currently taken 27 energy projects through to planning approval, providing 312MW of capacity.

In the year to day, 144MW has actually been consented as well as sold, and also a further 750MW of projects with secured grid connections is under development nationwide.

The Wolves West appeal is one of three planning appeals that Balance Power has actually won in recent weeks, with 2 gas peaking projects also granted in Sudbury and Goring, providing an additional 14MW of capacity.

Dan Levy, of Balance Power, stated: 'We are very happy to have protected all three planning appeals.

" Battery storage modern technology is amongst one of the most reliable devices to increase the combination of renewables onto the grid; aiding to stabilise power reliability as well as in turn, decreasing the price of electricity for consumers."