SSE Renewables Buys 100MW/200MWh Northern Ireland BESS Project
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Energy Storage News.
These five paragraphs describe the acquisition and SSE Renewables progress as they build a portfolio of Battery Energy Storage Systems.
A 100MW/200MWh BESS project in Northern Ireland has been acquired by the renewable energy development subsidiary of UK-headquartered power generator and developer SSE.
The 2-hour duration Derrymeen battery in Dungannon, County Tyrone was bought from developer Heron Energy and would be the largest installed BESS facility in Northern Ireland when online.
Subject to a final investment decision by SSE Renewables, the shovel-ready project will be constructed on a greenfield site located outside Coalisland, around five miles from Dungannon.
If approved for final delivery, construction could commence early next year and the BESS would be operational by the end of 2026. It will connect to the grid via an underground cable to the nearby existing Tamnamore substation.
This is SSE Renewables’ first battery storage development in Northern Ireland, having already an established green portfolio in Britain. The firm launched its first operational BESS in the GB market on 15 April in the form of a 50MW/100MWh asset located in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
This battery is a two-hour battery, as are the other two batteries, that are mentioned in the article, that are being developed by SSE Renewables.
Is this a standard for SSE Renewables?
Rolls-Royce Supplies Large-Scale Battery Storage For Grid Stabilization And Electricity Trading To Encavis
The title of this post, is the same as that of this press release from Rolls-Royce.
These two bullet points, act as sub-headings.
- mtu EnergyPack system with 24 megawatt hours to balance out volatile power generation from renewable energies and increase security of supply
- Commissioning of the storage system based on lithium-ion technology in the first quarter of 2025
This paragraph outlines the project.
Rolls-Royce is supplying an mtu battery energy storage system with an output of 12 megawatts and a storage capacity of 24 megawatt hours to Encavis AG. The battery system will support the Hamburg-based electricity producer in trading the electrical energy generated by German wind and solar parks by, among other things, balancing out fluctuations in generation and increasing security of supply. Rolls-Royce will supply and install the energy storage system on a turnkey basis. It is expected to go into operation in the first quarter of 2025.
Note.
- The deal includes construction, installation and ten years of maintenance.
- The battery can supply full power for two hours.
- The battery is supporting renewables.
- In Would You Buy A Battery Energy Storage System From Rolls-Royce?, I looked at a mtuEnergyPack in detail.
- The respective capacity value and efficiency of the plant are guaranteed over the entire term.
This looks to be a very professional deal.
Conclusion
This is the second press release on the corporate web site after Rolls-Royce Supplies mtu Large-Scale Battery Storage To Secure The Latvian National Grid, that was published a month ago, that talks about the mtuEnergyPack.
Could it be that Rolls-Royce are looking for a share of the UK market for grid batteries?
AstraZeneca Withdraws Covid Vaccine After Drop In Demand
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on The Times.
This is the first paragraph.
AstraZeneca is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, citing a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic that target newer variants of the virus.
This was my experience of the vaccine.
I am coeliac and have a very strong immune system, as it gets all the fuel it needs.
When I had my first AZ vaccine, my immune system started to attack the chimpanzee adenovirus-based viral vector vaccine.
I felt dreadful and I’ve now been advised by doctors, not to have any more viral vector vaccines.
Interestingly, I had no reaction to the second dose, so my immune system had probably decided it was a friend.
When I had that second dose, there was all the controversy raging, about whether the AZ vaccine causes blood clots.
So I did an experiment, which I described in My INR Readings Before And After My Second AstraZeneca Jab.
I found that my INT bounced all over place, just as when a wheel hits a pothole.
Conclusion
I shall not be taking the AstraZeneca Vaccine for COVID-19 again and would think twice before allowing myself to be injected with a viral vector vaccine.
The Anonymous Widower 