Thursday 19 March 2020

Penso Power adds 50MW to Europe’s ‘largest battery storage project’

Penso Power, an innovative UK renewable energy and battery storage company, has secured land rights, planning permission and a grid connection offer to extend the 100MW Minety project by a further 50MW.

The facility, which is located 12 miles northwest of Swindon, entered construction in December 2019 and is expected to enter operation this autumn.

The additional 50MW capacity is to be built on adjacent land and will enter operation in 2021.

Shell has signed a major offtake agreement on the original 100MW project, whilst the batteries will be optimised and dispatched by Limejump - Penso Power is currently in discussions with potential offtakers regarding similar arrangements for the 50MW project extension.

CEO Richard Thwaites said: "Minety is a landmark project for UK battery storage. Its sheer size marks it as the most significant battery storage development in Europe so far, dwarfing other battery developments in scale and ambition.

"It shows that storage will play a more substantial role in the UK energy market as we continue our path towards net zero. Energy storage facilitates a greener electricity system helping balance the intermittency of renewable generation."