ContourGlobal acquires 500MW/2GWh BESS in Scotland

ContourGlobal has acquired the 500MW/2GW-hour (GWh) Wallace artillery vigor retention task successful Ayr, Scotland, from New Energy Partnership, marking its archetypal determination into the UK.

Wallace is said to beryllium 1 of Scotland's largest artillery vigor retention systems (BESS) developments presently nether way.

The installation offers 4 hours of vigor storage, allowing it to sorb powerfulness during periods of excess renewable procreation and discharge energy to the grid erstwhile further flexibility is required.

The tract is located down cardinal transmission constraint boundaries, positioning it to enactment grid balancing against the region's important upwind procreation surplus.

ContourGlobal said the summation volition beryllium the largest BESS task successful its portfolio successful presumption of vigor retention capacity.

Last month, the institution commissioned a hybrid plus successful Chile combining 200MW and 1.3GWh BESS.

It is besides readying to statesman operation connected a 360MW/1.4GWh hybrid solar-plus-storage task successful Arizona, US, successful the coming months.

The Scottish task has afloat readying consent, a onshore enactment secured and has received Gate 2 presumption nether the UK grid transportation betterment process.

It is expected to instrumentality portion successful upcoming UK Capacity Market auctions and enactment successful contracted and merchant arrangements, successful enactment with marketplace involvement for tolling and route-to-market options.

The region's surplus renewable generation, cooler clime and increasing request for integer infrastructure are expected to thrust further request for projects that alteration grid stableness and assistance trim curtailment of cleanable energy.

ContourGlobal CEO Antonio Cammisecra said: "Entering the United Kingdom is simply a cardinal measurement successful our strategy to go a starring autarkic powerfulness shaper successful renewables and vigor storage.

"The UK combines a world-class regulatory environment, a heavy and liquid vigor market, and a captious and increasing request for flexible retention assets to enactment the integration of its upwind procreation capacity.

"Scotland, successful particular, offers a compelling opportunity: the portion produces a important surplus of renewable vigor that faces grid constraints successful reaching request centres further south, and large-scale artillery retention is cardinal to unlocking that value.

"We are arrogant to adhd the UK to our increasing portfolio, and we expect to importantly grow our beingness with a diversified pipeline of improvement opportunities successful renewable procreation and vigor storage."

ContourGlobal, an autarkic powerfulness producer, was acquired by US backstage equity steadfast KKR successful 2022 successful an all-cash woody valued astatine £1.75bn ($2.18bn).

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