Gresham House BESS Fund Energises 50MWh Asset
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Solar Power Portal.
These three paragraphs detail the project.
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has energised a 50MW/50MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Lancashire.
Situated in Penwortham, south-west of the county capital Preston, the 1-hour duration BESS is set to be expanded to 2-hours in the summer, meaning its capacity would be 50MW/100MWh.
With the commencement of this new BESS, Gresham House Energy Storage Fund’s operational capacity has now reached 790MW/926MWh. The project is the fund’s 25th operational asset since IPO.
Note.
- The battery will be upgraded to a two-hour battery in the summer.
- The average battery would appear to be 32 MW/37 MWh.
- The average full-power duration for all Gresham House’s batteries appears to be around 70 minutes.
This Google Map shows the battery, which is located next to National Grid’s Penwortham substation.
Note.
- The battery is the two rows of green containers at the top of the map.
- The substation appears to be large.
Co-location like this, must surely bring design, construction and operational advantages.
This page on the National Grid web site is entitled Network And Infrastructure, where this is said.
We own the national electricity transmission system in England and Wales. The system consists of approximately 4,500 miles of overhead line, over 900 miles of underground cable and over 300 substations.
If every substation in the UK were to be fitted with a 32 MW/64 MWh two hour battery, these would have a total capacity of 9.6 GW/19.2 GWh.
Compare that with these operational batteries and pumped-storage systems in the UK.
- Cruachan – 1000 MW/7.1 GWh – Pumped Storage
- Dinorwig – 1800 MW/9.1 GWh – Pumped Storage
- Ffestiniog – 360 MW/1.44 GWh – Pumped Storage
- Minety -150 MW/266 MWh – BESS
- Pillswood – 98 MW/196 MWh – BESS
And these systems are under development
- Coire Glas – 1.5GW/30 GWh – Pumped Storage
- Loch Na Cathrach/Red John – 450 MW/2.8 GWh – Pumped Storage
- London Gateway – 320 MW/640 MWh – BESS
There are at least another four substantial pumped storage systems under development.
Conclusion
A twin-track approach of grid-batteries at sub-stations and a few larger grid batteries and pumped storage hydroelectric schemes should be able to provide enough storage.
The Anonymous Widower 
I wonder how flow batteries will fit into the future of grid storage solutions.
Comment by fammorris | May 16, 2024 |
I used to own half a finance company, that operated locally in Ipswich. Much of our business was vehicles like Volvo and Scania trucks in the early days. As other vehicles proved themselves, they were added to the list. One year we did a lot of business with van Hool coaches.
As other battery technology proves itself, Gresham House and Gore Street will invest in these batteries.
I must dig out some of my old cash flows. I have a feeling, like trucks in the 1990s, batteries of all types could be investments, where it is difficult to lose money.
The only thing, you mustn’t do is buy unreliable batteries.
Some companies are also developing unusual leasing strategies for hydrogen trucks.
Comment by AnonW | May 16, 2024 |