Located to the northwest of St Neots, the East Park Energy project will host a solar farm equipped with ground-mounted panels, inverters, transformers, switchgear and underground cable connections. The power plant will be backed by a 100-MW battery energy storage system (BESS).
Between 24 September and 29 October 2024, we consulted on our detailed plans for East Park Energy as part of a statutory consultation. You can read a summary of the proposals presented at our statutory consultation on this page.
Subject to securing development consent orders (DCOs) in the summer of 2026, construction works on the project are expected to start in 2027 and take 30 months to complete. Brockwell Solar and Storage is a unit of Brockwell Energy established following the acquisition of RNA Energy in March 2024.
National Grid plugs TagEnergy’s 100MW battery project in at its Drax substation. Following energisation, the facility in North Yorkshire is the UK’s largest transmission connected battery energy storage system (BESS). The facility is supporting Britain’s clean energy transition, and helping to ensure secure operation of the electricity system.
A battery storage project developed by TagEnergy is now connected and energised on the electricity transmission network, following work by National Grid to plug the facility into its 132kV Drax substation in North Yorkshire.
In addition to Carlton Power’s two projects, US firm Highview Power Storage Inc is planning to build and operate the world’s first commercial liquid air storage system – a £250m 250MWh long duration, cryogenic energy storage system at the Trafford Park.