Planning consent was awarded to BESS projects totalling 1,590MW/3,179MWh of capacity last month, meaning the UK now has a total of around 55.4GW/117GWh approved.
The government has published its Technical Decision Document confirming the crucial aspects of the long duration electricity storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, with an increase in minimum duration among the main updates.
A fire which broke out at an under-construction BESS project in Essex last week was brought under control and then handed back to site management within 24 hours.
There is now over 7GWh of grid-scale BESS capacity online in the UK, but 2024 saw a slowdown in both capacity additions and overall pipeline growth, while Ireland saw growth.
The three 500MW/1,000MWh BESS projects in Scotland for which Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has made final investment decisions, the largest in Europe, go a long way towards supporting the UK’s net zero ambitions.
Highview Power has revealed plans for a long-duration energy storage (LDES) project using its liquid air energy storage (LAES) technology, in Scotland.
BESS units are being shipped to Cero Generation’s Larks Green solar and storage project, the first to be connected at the transmission level, the firm said.
