UK energy storage company Eelpower has signed a three-year battery optimisation agreement with Habitat Energy for two battery storage projects totalling 100MW in the UK.
The two projects, each 50MW, are located at Fordtown near Aberdeen and Halesworth in Suffolk.
They are being built as part of Eelpower’s 2021 joint venture arrangement with SUSI Partners, the Swiss infrastructure fund manager.
The projects are set to enter commercial operation later this year.
Habitat will manage both developments using Eelpower’s bespoke Eel Dispatch platform.
Fordtown will provide grid services to Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks and National Grid as they manage the increasing levels of offshore wind on their systems.
Halesworth will support UKPN as the DNO deals with increasing levels of solar and wind on their network.
Eelpower chief executive Mark Simon said: “We have been close to the Habitat founders as they have pioneered the optimisation of UK battery storage trading while earning a first-class reputation for client service.
“We are delighted to be working with Habitat to maximise revenues in our landmark joint venture with SUSI Partners.”
Habitat Energy chief executive Andrew Luers said: “It is great to be working with Eelpower, a company that we have followed and admired for some time.
“We look forward to integrating with the Eel Dispatch platform and collectively working to deliver market-leading results for Fordtown and Halesworth while providing flexibility to the GB power system as it continues toward Net Zero.”