The Blackhillock Battery has the ability to supply electricity to more than 3.1 million households in two hours, surpassing the total number of households in Scotland.
Blackhillock battery base in Scotland. Image: Nobe
Zenobe British Company officially operates Blackhillock Base Base in Scotland, Interesting Engineering On March 5 reported. Considered to be the largest storage battery base in Europe, Blackhillock helps ensure that excess clean energy can be stored, then used when electricity demand increases.
The project is built in two stages. The first phase with a capacity of 200 MW has just been put into operation. The second phase with 100 MW supplementary is expected to be completed in 2026. When operating fully, the facility will have a total capacity of 300 MW/600 MWh. The facility is capable of supplying more than 3.1 million households in two hours, surpassing the total number of households in Scotland.
Blackhillock has a strategic location between Inatoress and Aberdeen, helping to reduce the overload of the grid due to offshore wind farms such as Viking (443 MW), Moray East (950 MW) and Beatrice (588 MW). This is the first battery base to provide stable services for the UK National Energy System operator (NESO).
Traditional fossil fuel plants always provide essential stable features such as short circuit level, reactive power and inertia. However, renewable energy sources do not have these stable features. Zenobē’s advanced storage battery system helps solve this problem, ensuring stable and sustainable power supply.
According to James Basnen, the co -founder of Zenobe, the project added more than 30% to the current battery capacity of Scotland. He emphasized the importance of the battery storage during the transition to the British renewable energy and said that Blackhillock is the most advanced battery base in Europe.
British energy minister, Michael Shanks, praised the project as an important step to help ensure the country’s clean energy future. He emphasized that battery facilities like Blackhillock plays an important role in reducing dependence on fossil fuels and protecting households from energy price fluctuations.
Zenobe estimates that the project will help consumers save up to 172 million pounds ($ 218.7 million) in the next 15 years. This amount consists of £ 8 million (US $ 10.2 million) from stable services to reduce dependence on gas turbines and £ 164 million ($ 208.6 million) from balanced services to reduce grid overload and price fluctuations.