Sungrow Bags 150 MW Energy Storage Project in UK

Chinese inverter and energy storage system solution maker and supplier Sungrow has announced that it has signed a contract to supply its liquid cooled energy storage system (ESS) called PowerTitan to a 150MW/300MWh project in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, the United Kingdom.

Sungrow said that the project is expected to increase total grid stability and bolster the UK’s energy transition.

The 150MW/300MWh project is located at the redundant Ferrybridge coal power station and its the latest in SSE Solar and Battery’s growing pipeline of projects located across the UK. The project, with construction due to start in May 2023, has the grid connection confirmed for June 2024 and is set to be operational by October 2024.

Sungrow will provide the project with its liquid cooled ESS PowerTitan. Tailored for utility-scale energy storage demand, the PowerTitan adopts advanced liquid-cooled thermal management and AI monitoring of the battery cells so as to safeguard the system’s safety and ensure a superior lifespan.

Meanwhile, the DC-DC controller of the ESS can charge and discharge battery racks individually, thus, increasing the overall system performance, said Sungrow.

The PowerTitan enables the project a favourable return on investment through peak shaving- charging the batteries when electricity rates are at their lowest and discharging to avoid paying peak prices during the expensive times of the day.

Lewis Li, President of Sungrow Europe, said, “Sungrow is proud to supply our liquid cooled energy storage system, the PowerTitan, to this landmark project. We are excited for what is to come with our partnership with SSE as we work towards maximizing the profitability for the project with cutting-edge products and services.”

With regards to the UK energy storage market, Sungrow recently signed a deal to supply Constantine Energy Storage (CES) with its liquid-cooled BESS solution for the specific pipeline of projects totalling 825 MWh of capacity spread across five ready-to-build sites in the UK. CES is a grid-scale battery energy storage platform.