Eelpower brings 10 MW Leverton energy storage facility online
Hampshire-based renewable energy firm Eelpower has brought its first UK battery storage facility online. The 10 MW standalone energy barn, near Lincoln, will supply frequency balancing services to the National Grid, using lithium-ion technology supplied by China's BYD, and is the first of a series of battery projects Eelpower aims to build and operate in the coming three years. The company signed a frequency response contract in October this year, as well as a 15-year T-4 Capacity Market contract which begins in October 2020.

UK firm Eelpower Ltd said today it has brought online its 10-MW Leverton battery storage facility near Lincoln, England.

The system, a stand-alone energy barn using lithium-ion technology from China's BYD Co Ltd (HKG:1211), will provide frequency response balancing services to National Grid (LON:NG) from the start of 2018. The company said it secured a firm frequency response contract in October 2017 and had already signed a 15-year T-4 Capacity Market contract beginning in October 2020.

This is Eelpower's first storage project to be commissioned in the UK. Chief executive Mark Simon said it is the first of a pipeline of battery projects that the company plans to build and operate over the next three years.

The facility was built in 18 weeks by contractor Anesco.

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