Storage

Renewable energy developer Innova has been granted full planning consent for a 49.9MW solar development with significant co-located energy storage capacity near Doncaster.

Developer Root-Power has received planning consent for a 40MW/80MWh battery storage site in Selby, North Yorkshire.

Lightrock Power and Bluefield Solar have been granted planning permission for a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) from the Mid Sussex District Council.

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.

Renewable Power Capital (RPC) and Greenfield have received planning permission for their second battery energy storage system (BESS) in Great Britain.

Swiss energy producer Axpo has signed a ten-year agreement with British Solar Renewables (BSR) to buy power from BSR’s Wiltshire solar PV power plant.

Battery intelligence firm Brill Power has announced the launch of what it claims is the world’s first battery management as a service (BmaaS) offering.

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.

Trina Storage and Clarke Energy have completed construction of a 50MWh battery energy storage facility in Newport, Wales.

The UK division of global developer NatPower Group has submitted planning applications for two battery energy storage (BESS) projects.