Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Developer Root-Power has received a building permit for a 50 MW/100MWH ‘Lucky Star’ project in Kent.
The Lucky Star 2-hour expensive Bess is located near Herne Bay, on the north coast of Kent, north of Canterbury. It is strategically located 100 meters from the Herne Bay substance, making the battery storage location possible.
In doing so, this lowers the development costs of infrastructure in connection with connecting a berry of a utility scale with the national schedule.
It is also near the Owls Hatch Solar Farm, a 49.9 MW Utility-Scale PV energy plant developed by British renewable energy sources and currently owned by Cubico Sustainable Investments. The power plant comprises approximately 213 hectares.
According to Root Power, the Lucky Star Bess is “perfectly placed to optimize the grid stability and to maximize the generation of renewable energy.”
The company said on LinkedIn that the building permit was granted in less than six months before the project, without outstanding objections.
Neil Brooks, director of Root-Power, noted: “Our portfolio of approved projects continues to grow with this announcement in Kent. Battery storage will play a crucial role, since the government intends to increase the use of renewable energy generation as part of its clean Power 2030 plan.
“We look forward to starting the construction on the site, which will support the strengthening of electricity infrastructure in the area and offer long-term resilience and energy independence.”
Carrot power starts on construction at 48mWh Bess in Surrey
Root Power has also confirmed that it started with the construction of its 12MW/48MWH 4-hour Bess Tillingdown Farm site in Caterham, Surrey.
De Bess is located in the Green Belt and the Surrey Hills area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
As such, the development process was previously described as ‘exhausting’ and the Root-Power team consulted with AONB officers and local nature groups before it submitted the planning application at the end of 2023.
Root Power received a building permit for the Bess in September 2024.
Brooks hinted that the Root Power delivery team is now preparing to start construction with the following three projects, with more than 130 MW that would be online before the end of 2026.
