Renewable energy developer TagEnergy has powered what it says is the UK’s largest transmission-linked battery energy storage (BESS) system, the 100MW/200MWh Lakeside project in North Yorkshire.
Located in Drax, a village west of the tidal estuary of the Humber on the north-east coast of England, the two-hour project is on the transmission network, allowing it to secure a connection to the national electricity grid at a lower cost. Construction of the Lakeside project began in August 2023.
The BESS project is 100% owned by TagEnergy and received support from technology supplier Tesla, optimiser Habitat Energy and independent sustainable energy company RES Group. In December 2021, TagEnergy acquired a 100% stake in RES’s Lakeside project in a deal worth £65 million (US$85 million), as reported by Solar energy portal.
Tesla, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Lakeside, supplied a Tesla Megapack 2XL lithium-ion battery system. Habitat Energy supported the project as route-to-market partner and battery optimiser, with independent sustainable energy company RES as asset manager.
TagEnergy has an established relationship with Tesla, with the tech giant supplying its Megapack lithium-ion batteries and Autobidder AI software for the 49MW/98MWh Jamesfield BESS in Scotland. The project is co-owned by TagEnergy and developer Harmony Energy through a joint venture.
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