ABB is supplying Ecotricity with a 10MW battery system to be co-located at an existing wind farm owned by the energy supplier.
The 20 megawatt-hour energy storage system will be installed alongside Ecotricity’s 7MW wind farm in Alveston, Gloucestershire, in 2023.
The wind farm was constructed in 2017.
The lithium ion batteries will be supplied by KORE Power and the BESS will be controlled by ABB’s eStorage OS energy management system.
The battery will help Ecotricity manage its exposure to high spot-trading energy costs, as well as offering flexibility response to the National Grid as it transitions to net zero.
The BESS will be integrated with Ecotricity’s smart grid platform and will use the company’s proprietary optimisation model to despatch the battery energy storage according to system needs.
Mark Meyrick, Ecotricity’s head of smart grids, said: “We’ve been working towards our first grid scale battery as we’ve been developing our Smart Grid platform – and we’re looking forward to taking this next step with ABB.
“This project is a first for us and will enable us to manage demand for renewable energy, as well as develop a greater understanding of the deployment of storage for flexibility requirements.”