Vattenfall Hurries with Storage Project in Wales

Vattenfall plans construction start for storage scheme in summer 2017

Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company, confirmed that it is to press ahead with a battery storage scheme at Wales’s largest onshore wind farm. The 22MW system – believed to be the largest co-located battery and wind farm project in the UK – will provide a rapid-reaction grid reliability service to National Grid, known as Enhanced Frequency Response. The six shipping container sized units will be located at Vattenfall’s 228MW Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project, on Natural Resources Wales managed estate. Frank Elsworth, Vattenfall’s Project Manager for battery@pyc, said: “Vattenfall will provide a really important service to the British consumer.... ... More: Official Press Release Vattenfall

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Vattenfall, Wales, storage, onshore, wind farm