The largest battery facility, built to strengthen the Energy infrastructure of the UK and increase the reliability of renewable energy resources, was commissioned in the Blackhillock region in Scotland. Operated by Zenobe, the facility is seen as a critical turning point in the country’s clean energy transformation.

Two -stage giant project

The project will be completed in two stages to reach a total capacity of 300mw/600mWh. The first phase of the facility with a capacity of 200MW, the second phase to be completed in 2026, together with a total of 3.1 million households to reach the capacity to provide energy for two hours. This figure is more than the total number of households in Scotland.

The facility is equipped with the latest technologies to provide energy storage and network stability. Wartila’s Quantum Energy Storage System technology is used in the facility, which is managed by the GEMS Digital Energy Platform for remote monitoring, running and diagnostic. This advanced control system is complemented by SMA’s mains -forming inverters, which provides 333MW inertia and 84 MVA short circuit capacity.

The Blackhillock Battery Plant is located in a strategic position to store energy from large -scale wind power plants in northern Scotland and reduce pressure on the network. This facility will secure the energy supply by preventing excess electricity from giant wind farms such as Viking (443 MW), Moray East (950 MW) and Beatrice (588 MW).

In the next 15 years, the facility is expected to save consumers more than £ 170 million ($ 218 million) and prevent approximately 2.6 million tons of carbon dioxide release. This facility is also the energy storage system of the world’s first transmission system, which offers network stability.