Centricas 49MW Roosecote battery storage project, commissioned in 2018 in Cumbria, northeast England. Image: Centrica. <\/p>\n
Centrica Business Solutions has acquired a 30MW fully consented battery energy storage project in Scotland, UK, which will help manage North Sea offshore wind farms.<\/p>\n
The two-hour duration (60MWh) battery storage plant in Dyce, near Aberdeen, was developed by Cragside Energy Limited and backed by Omni Partners LLP.<\/p>\n
It obtained planning consent in November 2021, and currently has a go-live date of mid-2024. Construction is expected to last eight months, and be aligned with its grid connection date.<\/p>\n
As the offshore wind sector continues to grow in the UK with research from trade association RenewableUK this week showing there is now a pipeline of 86GW of offshore wind projects, more than eight times the current operational capacity there is an increasing need to manage network constraints.<\/p>\n
National Grid paid 244 million (US$321.7 million) to wind farm operators to curtail generation in 2021, for example. Battery storage could help avoid such a cost, storing energy when the network is constrained and releasing it when generation is less abundant or demand higher.<\/p>\n
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