Solution
Grid-scale battery storage
Storing electricity when it is plentiful and releasing it when the grid needs it.
It helps balance supply and demand on grids that draw more of their power from variable sources such as wind and solar.
Battery storage beside a wind farm
Adding batteries at a wind farm so its output can be shifted to when the grid needs it.
Context
Wind output does not follow demand; storage on site lets a wind farm deliver more of its power when it is most useful.
What the work involves.
Step 0101
Size
Size the battery against the wind farm's output and the grid connection.
Step 0202
Install
Place containers and connections alongside the existing substation.
Step 0303
Operate
Set charge and discharge rules around grid needs and prices.
Considerations
What it has to weigh up.
- 01
Fire safety and spacing between containers.
- 02
Battery replacement over the site's life.
- 03
Rules for how storage can trade on the grid.
At a glance
- Systems
- Energy
- Solutions
- Grid-scale battery storage
- Steps
- Size, Install, Operate
- Year
- 2023
How projects are sourced and reviewed is set out in our methodology.
Solutions and systems
What it connects.
System
Energy
How power is generated, moved and stored, and how grids adapt as more of the economy runs on electricity.
Electricity, renewables, grids and storage
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