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Flexible operation for Europe’s largest battery site
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has partnered with Flexitricity to optimise its 50 MW/75 MWh Thurcroft battery storage site.
Flexible energy specialist Flexitricity will provide market access for what is thought to be Europe’s largest battery, optimising revenue for the asset as well as helping National Grid ESO balance supply and demand.
The South Yorkshire-based lithium-ion battery storage site will be monitored from Flexitricity’s 24/7 control room in Edinburgh, with Flexitricity dynamically moving the asset between different markets. It will be traded in the wholesale markets and with National Grid ESO in the balancing mechanism.
At other times it will be providing services such as frequency response to help regulate system frequency and keep it within safe operating levels. The UK now boasts close to 1 GW of installed battery storage capacity, says Flexitricity.
