Sungrow, supplier of PV inverters and battery energy storage systems (BESS), has signed an agreement with two major developers to supply BESS systems for an upcoming storage project in the UK.
Sungrow will supply 280 sets of its PowerTitan 2.0 liquid-cooled BESS units for the Hams Hall energy storage project, currently under development in North Warwickshire, England. The Hams Hall project, which was granted planning permission in May 2022, is a 350 MW/1750 MWh BESS project by Penso Power and Luminous Energy, funded by BW ESS. While all three of these companies are joint shareholders in the development, Penso Power is overseeing the development of the project and will manage the project once it is operational. Penso Power has big ambitions for the project and claims there is scope for services of more than five hours from the project in the future.
This is not the first time that Sungrow has collaborated with BW ESS and Penso Power on a major BESS project; Sungrow supplied the 100MW/330MWh Bramley project, currently under construction in Hampshire, with its PowerTitan 2.0 liquid-cooled BESS, the first project in Europe to use these systems. The PowerTitan 2.0 systems are notable for combining a 2.5 MW Power Conversion System and a 5 MWh battery in a single container, a major space saver for BESS developers.
Sungrow also recently joined forces with SSE Renewables, announcing last month that it had signed a supply agreement for the 320MW/640MWh Monk Fryston project in the north of England.
Meanwhile, Sungrow today (5 September) also announced the launch of a new home energy storage solution, the SBR064, designed to be combined with Sungrow’s own PV inverters. This smaller system allows homeowners to reap the benefits of energy storage with an expandable system – the initial unit has a capacity of 6.4 kWh, but can be linked to up to seven other modules each increasing capacity by 3.2 kWh, providing offers a total expandable capacity of 25.6 kWh.
