UK-based clean energy asset investor Arlington Energy has picked Habitat Energy to operate its 40MW Greenfield Road energy storage project.
The battery is being installed in Bedford, England, by contractor Smith Brothers, and is due to be completed in October.
Habitat will trade the battery in the day ahead, intraday and the balancing mechanism market, operated by UK transmission system operator National Grid, as well as bid it into ancillary service contracts.
The Greenfield Road battery takes Arlington Energy’s portfolio of energy storage and gas peaker plant assets to over 1GW.
Recently, aggregator Habitat Energy took on managing a 50MW Oxford battery project being developed by Pivot Power due for completion next year. The addition of Greenfield Road will grow its battery portfolio.
Habitat Energy will provide optimisation services using its algorithmic trading platform ‘PowerIQ’.
A core part of Habitat’s service is actively managing the degradation of the battery, to extend the life of the battery cells beyond the warranty to improve returns for the asset owner.
Habitat Energy co-founder Andrew Luers said: “We are excited to partner with Arlington Energy who, with the Greenfield Road battery and those to follow, are making big strides to deliver a clean, flexible energy system for Great Britain.
“Our algorithmic approach to battery optimisation and trading will ensure that the Greenfield Road battery is able to deliver the full flexibility and system benefits that these assets are capable of and that the grid desperately needs.”
Once complete, the battery storage system will be connected to UK Power Networks via 800 metres of cabling.#