Engie & Canadian Solar to Charge up UK Energy Storage Sector with 226 MWh BESS

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French utility firm Engie has joined hands with Canadian Solar’s storage arm, e-STORAGE for two battery projects located in Scotland. e-STORAGE will be responsible for delivering 226 MWh DC of turnkey energy storage solutions to Engie in Scotland. Under the EPC, (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) agreement, e-STORAGE will construct the two energy storage projects, boasting a capacity of 56.5 MW / 113 MWh DC each. The greenfield sites are located in Cathkin and Broxburn.

The said energy storage projects will help provide power to 40,000 homes.

Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2024 and slated to be completely operational in Q1 2025. They will be linked to SPEN’s 33kV distribution network.

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The UK energy storage market is among the most developed globally. Some notable BESS projects in the country are SSE Renewables’ 320MW/640MWh project currently under construction, Innova’s 800 MWh project, 2080 MWh from Carlton Power, a 50 MW Salisbury project by Wärtsilä and the Ferrybridge project of 150 MW. More than 3 GW worth of UK’s BESS projects are online at present.

Presently, Engie has pumped storage assets in the UK worth 2.1 GW. These projects will support Engie’s ambition of 10 GW of battery storage worldwide by 2030. The firm has also announced major projects in India this year with renewable energy firms, such as Goldi Solar, RenewSys, Waaree Energies.