Field is to break ground at its Newport battery storage site in South Wales in the coming weeks. The renewable energy infrastructure company has signed contracts with two key partners to construct the 40 MWh site, which will contribute to the UK’s efforts to decarbonise energy supply.
In addition to Salisbury, SSE Renewables is currently constructing a 150MW battery project in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, which is due to complete in the first half of next year, and a 320MW battery project in Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire, which will be able to deliver flexible energy at scale once completed in up to two years’ time.
SSE Renewables has taken a Final Investment Decision to proceed with, and entered into contracts to deliver, its second battery energy storage system (BESS). The 150MW project is located at the site of SSE’s former Ferrybridge coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire, England.
With contracts signed, the Newport site is expected to be up and running in the third quarter of 2024. Founded in 2021, Field is dedicated to building the renewable energy infrastructure needed to reach net zero, starting with battery storage. Field’s first battery storage site, in Oldham (20 MWh), commenced operations in 2022.
SSE’s first battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Salisbury in Wiltshire, England is now fully operational. The 50MW / 100MWh BESS project, which could power over 80,000 homes* for two hours at times of peak demand, is the first operational battery site in SSE’s portfolio.
1GW of battery storage will be developed by New Energy Partnership in the UK by 2025. We are looking at current and future technologies to bring the latest innovations to our portfolio. We are able to draw on our significant experience of energy infrastructure M&A and financing to ensure projects are delivered through to commercial operation.