Kingston Park Energy Storage

What is East Park energy?

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).

Is the UK a good market for battery energy storage?

The UK is known to be one of the world’s most active markets for battery energy storage. In 2022, the market saw a record 800 MWh of new storage capacity being added. This took the UK’s operational energy storage capacity to 2.4 GW and 2.6 GWh, spread across more than 160 sites.

Where is Richborough Battery Energy Park?

Richborough Battery Energy Park - Kent, United Kingdom. The site is now being redeveloped with clean energy in mind and not only boasts a 100 MW connection to the National Grid transmission network, via a 400 kV substation, but also acts as a landing point for the 1 GW UK-to-Belgium Nemo Link interconnector, which entered service in 2019.

Is the UK the world's most active battery storage market?

By Scott Poulter - The UK is known to be one of the world’s most active markets for battery energy storage. In 2022, the market saw a record 800 MWh of new storage capacity being added. This took the UK’s operational energy storage capacity to 2.4 GW and 2.6 GWh, spread...

How much energy storage does the UK have in 2022?

In 2022, the market saw a record 800 MWh of new storage capacity being added. This took the UK’s operational energy storage capacity to 2.4 GW and 2.6 GWh, spread across more than 160 sites. You would think that is plenty, but the market is just getting started.