Highview Power Plans To Develop 2.5GWh LDES Project In Scotland
The title of this post is the same as that of this article on Power Technology.
This is the sub-heading.
The liquid air energy storage plant at Hunterston is set to deliver a substantial increase in storage capacity
These first three paragraphs add a few more details.
Highview Power has announced plans to develop a long-duration energy storage (LDES) project in Ayrshire, Scotland, with a capacity of 2.5 gigawatt hours (GWh).
The project will be built at Peel Ports’ property at Hunterston, North Ayrshire and will provide five times the existing battery storage capacity of Scotland.
It is supported by the Scottish government and its strategic location optimises the use of renewable electricity produced in the country.
Note.
- Highview Power talks of 200MW/2.5GWh capacity batteries in Scotland on its web site, so I suspect this battery is one of those.
- This battery is as large as some pumped storage hydro systems.
- In UK Infrastructure Bank, Centrica & Partners Invest £300M in Highview Power Clean Energy Storage Programme To Boost UK’s Energy Security, I described the funding now behind Highview Power. The funding appears to be solid, as it includes the UK Infrastructure Bank, Centrica, Goldman Sachs and Rio Tinto.
This is a good start for Highview Power.
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It’s also regurgitated news
Comment by fammorris | October 16, 2024 |
This isn’t going to be an electrical battery though?
Also good location makes use of the grid connection that the nuclear stations had so should be simple connection and not too much delay for other grid enhancements to shift the power.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | October 16, 2024 |