Big Story Today: World's Largest Battery Energy Storage Scheme Gets Planning Permission -- Michael Kern -- Oilprice -- July 24, 2023

Locator: 45190BATTERY. 

Link here.

• the Trafford battery energy storage scheme (BESS)
• Greater Manchester, England
• Carlton Power
• world's largest battery energy storage schheme
• $1 billion (actual: $963 million)
• 1 GW (1040MW / 2080MWh)
• Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Greater Manchester
• construction to begin: 1Q24 (six months from now)
• on-line / commercial operation: 4Q25
• another source: 300,000 homes for two hours
• reminder: Texas freeze knocked out wind power for days

When / if I get caught up, we'll explore this a bit more.

Other links to explore:

• utility-scale battery storage, including cost considerations, NREL, British; 2022 data. Link here.
• The Electric Company. Link here.
• British, 2021: UK's biggest battery storage project gets underway, using 198MWh of Tesla Megapacks. Link here.
• wind farm cost. Link here.
• British, 2022: Europe's largest battery storage system goes live in UK. Link here.
• US, 2016: New England; off-shore wind energy. Link here.