The first of 136 battery units have arrived in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire UK, where construction of a battery storage project is currently taking place until late June. The site, run by SSE Renewables, will be three times larger than the company’s first project in Salisbury.
The Ferrybridge project is located at the village’s former coal-fired power station.
Richard Cave-Bigley, SSE’s solar and battery director for development and construction, said: “We’re excited to have reached another significant milestone on our Ferrybridge battery storage project with the arrival of the first batteries on-site.
“Ferrybridge will once again be a key location for the UK energy system, providing the flexible electricity storage the country needs to fully utilise its growing renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power.”
The BESS facility, which began construction in August 2023, is being developed with battery technology supplier Sungrow Power Supply and construction company OCU Services. It is expected to power almost ¼ of a million homes during peak times for up to 2 hours.
The location’s BESS project manager, Craig Jackson, commented: “It’s great to have the first battery units arriving at the site as we continue to move through the construction phase of the project.
“In the coming weeks, we’ll be working with our construction partners OCU Energy and local contractors to complete the installation of all battery units and a 132kv transformer at the Ferrybridge site.”
SSE has two more BESS facilities under construction in North Yorkshire (320MW), Warrington (150MW), Fiddler’s Ferry, and Monk Fryston.
[Image credit: SSE Renewables]
