It also energised a 52MW battery in Bedfordshire in July, as well as Dorset Council last week approving planning for a 47.5MW battery near Mannington. As of June 2024, the UK’s operational battery storage capacity was 4.6GW, so the new projects represent a roughly 7% increase nationwide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EDF Renewables UK has said it will launch six battery projects across the UK in the next 12 months, with a combined capacity of more than 300MWh. The firm, which is a subsidiary of the French state-owned energy giant, said the projects include a 57MW battery in Braintree, Essex, and a 47.5MW battery in Indian Queens, Saint Austell.