Enter Battery Box: a local energy storage solution that helps manage the timing differences between intermittent energy generation and electricity usage.
By maximising UK renewable energy sources, we can reduce reliance on imported oil and gas. Renewable energy stored in Battery Boxes will be used to support local businesses, communities and organisations and reduce the risk of localised power cuts.
Each Battery Box connects directly into the local electricity network, the same network that supplies homes, businesses, schools, and hospitals. Battery Boxes charge when the cost of electricity is low, which is normally on windy or sunny days when we have excess renewable power, or overnight when the demand for power is low.
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.
Mana Power developed a BIB conversion kit that allows customers to convert Tesla Model 3/Y or Nissan Leaf battery packs, into sustainable energy storage solutions. The Battery Interface Box (BIB) is a device that works with Tesla Model 3/Y battery packs or Nissan Leaf battery packs and converts EV batteries into stationary energy storage systems.
Battery Boxes charge when the cost of electricity is low, which is normally on windy or sunny days when we have excess renewable power, or overnight when the demand for power is low. It discharges electricity back into the local network when the demand for power is high, normally early evenings or weekdays.