- A battery energy storage system receives planning permission.
- Kona Energy will be responsible for project development.
Kona Energy has secured planning permission for a 200MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be located in Heysham, Lancashire, Northern England. The project is part of a broader 1GW portfolio under development by the firm. According to a local news source, the BESS has been strategically located to participate in multiple energy markets and is situated at the landing point of six offshore wind farms.
In a statement by Kona Energy founder Andy Willis, the project connects on a B7a constraint boundary, one of the constrained areas in the UK where wind farms and other low carbon technologies are continuously curtailed.
“As these constraint costs rise, projects like this are essential to relieving network congestion and reducing unnecessary waste,” he said.
The award of planning permission to what will be one of the UK’s biggest BESS projects to date follows about a week after a 100MW BESS project also in northern England got the green light.