Shell Energy Europe has joined forces with Vodafone Procure & Connect to determine how the storage systems for battery energy (BESS) can become an increasingly important part of the grid management systems in the coming years.
The two companies want to gain insight into the functionality of Bess -Activa to determine how they can support the energy balancing and flexibility services for energy demand, because larger volumes of renewable energy come online and put an increased pressure on grid systems. Vodafone Procure & Connect gets access to part of the operational benefits of the development of Bramley Bess, a 100 MW/331MWH, 3-hour duration of BW ESS and optimized by Shell.
The Bramley Bess was ratified in mid -February this year, with BW ESS securing a debt financing deal of the Australian Bank Westpac and the Financial Institution based in Singapore UOB for the project at the end of May 2025. BW ESS had agreed a seven -year toll agreement with Shell Energy Europe in August of last year. The project is the first project in Europe that uses Sungrow’s Powertitan 2.0-liquid-cooled Bess, which combines a 2.5 MW current conversion system with the help of integrated string formers and a 5MWH battery in one battery container.
Ninian Wilson, global supply sket director at Vodafone and CEO of Vodafone Procure & Connect, said that the partnership offers companies the opportunity to investigate the future role of energy flexibility in the long term sustainability efforts. Wilson added that the agreement is: “An important step that reflects our dedication to reduce carbon emissions in our supply chain.”
RUPEN Tanna, head of the European Power Trading at Shell, agreed and added: “This collaboration shows how companies can work together in different sectors to test innovative approaches to energy consumption.”
Shell -Hoots for solar energy
Shell has raised its reach in the British market for solar PV and energy storage. In October last year, Shell was one of the two companies that secure a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Cleve Hill Solar PV energy center. Shell will take and manage 35% of the current of the 373 MW Solar PV energy plant, which also has a Bess of 150 MW a route of ten years to the market agreement protected by investment firm Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. Supermarket chain Tesco corresponded to a 15-year-old PPA for the remaining 65% of the energy of development; This agreement was also facilitated by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
Today (July 1) Quinbrook announced Infrastructure Partners that the Cleve Hill Solar Park is now fully commercially operational and exports electricity with 100% of its export capacity. The Cleve Hill Solar Park is now the largest operational PV electricity power plant on solar -energy in the UK and is the first PV energy plant that is granted PV energy plant under the nationally important infrastructure project (NSIP) system, and is also the first Solar NSIP -Host in a Webinar -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Host -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Host -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Gehost -Hosted -Gehost -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Hosted -Host -Host -Host -Hosted. In a webinar -was hosted in a webinar -in a webinar -hosted in a webinar. Rosalind Smith, director of Quinbrook, described the recording of so many ‘scoops’ with Cleve Hill as “The Experience of A Lifetime”.
