Smarter Network Storage at Leighton Buzzard
Smarter Network Storage at Leighton Buzzard
- The Challenge
Battery storage to push British government's carbon reduction strategy
- The Solution
A fully automated 6 MW / 10 MWh battery power plant
- The Impact
Proving the power of battery storage to change the future
Client:UK Power Networks
Location:Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, UK
Sectors:Government
The Challenge
Battery storage to push British government's carbon reduction strategy
Imperial College, a public research university in London, estimates that the installation of 2 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage by the 2020's could save £3 billion annually.
Electricity generation from renewable resources can fluctuate, and the savings rise significantly – reaching £10 billion annually – with 25 GW of installed renewable energy capacity.
Distribution system operator UK Power Networks acted on this, and undertook Europe’s largest storage demonstration project. Funded in part by the “Low Carbon Networks Fund,” the aim of the “Smarter Network Storage” (SNS) project is to determine how storage technology can be used in support of cost efficient implementation of the British government’s carbon reduction strategy (UK Carbon Plan)