Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 300MW/600MWh energy storage system (ESS) contract to electric vehicle (EV) fleet and battery-storage specialist Zenobē in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
The contract will be under an engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) and is the second ESS to be delivered by Wärtsilä to Zenobē.
The Kilmarnock site is the first facility to feature Wärtsilä’s Quantum High Energy (QuantumHE) ESS, which will reportedly provide increased energy density for Zenobē.
The QuantumHE ESS is expected to be operational by the end of 2025.
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The project will be delivered under Great Britain’s National Grid’s NOA Stability Pathfinder programme, which aims to cost-effectively address stability issues in the electricity system created by the increased adoption of intermittent renewable generation.
The QuantumHE ESS is expected to help grid operators to better balance supply and demand and abate some 3.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next 15 years.
Vice president of energy storage and optimisation at Wärtsilä, Andy Tang, said: “This project brings Wärtsilä’s portfolio of energy storage assets in the UK to more than 2GWh.
“We are committed to assisting customers in the UK reach their national decarbonisation targets through innovative energy storage solutions.”
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The Kilmarnock project follows the announcement in February 2023 of a 200MW/400MWh Wärtsilä ESS to be delivered to Zenobē in Blackhillock, Scotland.
The Blackhillock site is said to be on track to be operational by autumn 2024.
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