Coalburn 1 is the first of three UK transmission-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) projects developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to enter commercial operations.
The UK closed its last coal power plant a few years ago - kind of symbolic for the end of an era. Scotland in particular now mostly relies on wind power, which is cheap but has variable output. This has also significantly increased the business case for battery arrays. It’s not necessarily that prices have increased, but at least in part that prices are much more variable than they used to be.
The UK closed its last coal power plant a few years ago - kind of symbolic for the end of an era. Scotland in particular now mostly relies on wind power, which is cheap but has variable output. This has also significantly increased the business case for battery arrays. It’s not necessarily that prices have increased, but at least in part that prices are much more variable than they used to be.
Scotland has the best conditions in Europe to make cheap wind power, and it’s nice that they use the opportunity and do this too. 👍