Europe’s Largest Energy Storage Plant Began Its Trial Run
An interview with Nick Heyward, project manager of the 6MW/10MWh plant in Leighton Buzzard, UK.
An interview with Nick Heyward, project manager of the 6MW/10MWh plant in Leighton Buzzard, UK.
Battery storage will replace many peaker spinning reserve plants, as they ramp up in seconds, rather than minutes, and arrest further excursion.
Europe’s renewable energy drive is opening up substantial new opportunities for innovative US companies such as Chicago-based smart grid systems provider S&C Electric, which is doubling the size of its factory in Milwaukee as a result of its growing European and overseas business portfolio.
S&C Electric, a leading smart grid and energy storage company based out of Chicago, is starting work on a pilot project that will store solar energy using lithium-ion batteries. The £200,000 project will involve a 75kW lithium-ion battery system at an “eco-home project” in an undisclosed location.