Battery energy storage developer Atlantic Green has successfully powered its first project, a 30MW/61.8MWh battery, in Buxton.
According to the company, the battery energy storage system (BESS) was powered on April 11.
The company has two other BESS projects in development, including Project Cellarhead (300MW/600MWh), expected to be energized in the second quarter of 2026, and Project T (130MW/270MWh), expected in the will be supplied with energy in the fourth quarter of 2028.
Atlantic Green is a joint venture between Interland and Nofar Energy. The organization focuses on investing, developing and operating network-scale BESS projects in Great Britain.
The UK BESS pipeline continues to grow
In the past few weeks, Solar energy portal has reported on several BESS developments taking place in both Britain and Ireland.
On Monday (April 15), SSE Renewables launched its first operational BESS system with a capacity of 50MW/100MWh. Final energization tests for the two-hour BESS, based in Salisbury, Wiltshire, were completed last week and the asset is now trading on Britain’s wholesale energy market.
In the Republic of Ireland, ESB, an Irish state-owned utility, was granted planning permission on April 12 to develop a wind and battery energy storage project in Scotland. The project will combine approximately 96 MW of wind energy with a BESS of 20 MW, the storage capacity of which has not been disclosed in megawatt hours (MWh).
Just a day before this was announced, battery storage equipment owner and operator Varco Energy added a 47.5MW BESS in Cornwall to its portfolio. The building permit for the BESS was obtained in October 2022 and Varco will now aim to bring the asset online by the second quarter of 2025.
Once completed, the company stated that the BESS will provide further flexibility solutions to the UK electricity system, providing an opportunity to further drive renewable energy developments.
