ABB and Ecotricity are joining forces to develop a new grid scale battery project in the UK.

ABB’s grid scale 10MW/20MWh li-ion battery will be installed at Ecotricity’s existing 6.9MW Alveston wind farm in Gloucestershire, which was constructed in 2017.

The lithium-ion batteries will be supplied by KORE Power. The storage system will be controlled by ABB’s eStorage OS energy management system.

The battery system will help Ecotricity to manage its exposure to high spot-trading energy costs, as well as offering flexibility response to the National Grid as it transitions to net zero, they said.

The storage system will be integrated with Ecotricity’s Smart Grid platform and will use the company’s proprietary optimization model to despatch the battery energy storage according to system needs.

“This project is a first for us and will enable us to manage demand for renewable energy, as well as develop a greater understanding of the deployment of storage for flexibility requirements,” said Ecotricity’s head of smart grids, Mark Meyrick.

Source: ReNEWS.biz