Statera Energy has acquired a 680MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in north-west England.
Located at Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Greater Manchester Carrington Storage is expected to become one of the largest of its kind in Europe once fully energised in 2026.
At 680MW, it will be over twice the size of Statera’s forthcoming 300MW Thurrock Storage, and equate to nearly a quarter of the installed energy capacity of the UK operational BESS fleet.
The project, which has already been approved by Trafford Council, is Statera’s largest consented BESS project to date.
It will operate alongside long-duration energy storage and other flexible technologies to store excess renewable energy until it is needed, balancing the peaks and troughs of renewable generation.
In balancing supply and demand, Carrington Storage will help achieve the Government’s target to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030.
Statera Energy was founded in 2016 and has over 1GW of UK projects operational or in construction, and as of this announcement today has a consented BESS pipeline of 1370MW.