Flexitricity has entered into an agreement with Thrive Renewables to optimise a 20MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bristol, in the UK.
The agreement covers the system at Thrive’s Feeder Road site and is the start of a collaboration between the two organisations.
The Feeder Road BESS will be monitored and dynamically optimised from Flexitricity’s control room in Edinburgh to operate across multiple markets, including frequency response, wholesale traded power, the Balancing Mechanism and emerging flexibility services.
Flexitricity has a contracted virtual power plant of over 800MW and this agreement pushes the contracted portfolio of batteries to over 330MW.
Thrive Renewables has been building and operating renewable energy projects in the UK for 28 years, investing in solar, geothermal, ground source heat and in early commercial scale tidal generation capacity.
The renewable energy company further diversified its portfolio when it launched its first battery storage site, a 5MW site located in Wicken, in 2020.
The following year, Thrive continued its development in battery storage with the launch of its Feeder Road site just one mile away from its headquarters in Bristol.
Andy Lowe, CEO at Flexitricity, said: “Energy storage has a vital role to play in helping the UK transition to net zero and Flexitricity is ideally placed to maximise revenue for asset owners, enabling them to create a solid business case for investment in more green energy projects.
“Therefore, an agreement with Thrive, who are at the forefront of the renewable energy sector, brings great synergies and we are thrilled to have them onboard.”
Monika Paplaczyk, investment director at Thrive Renewables, said: “Feeder Road will enable further deployment of wind and solar generation and will help to provide the backbone of the resilient, renewables dominated electricity grid the country needs going forward.”