The project is located at Minety, Wiltshire, southwest UK. The designed installed capacity/energy is 100MW/100MWh. It applies LiFePO/ ternary lithium battery technology. It is planned to put into operation at the end of 2020.
In recent years, with the rapid development of wind power in UK, the intermittence and fluctuation of wind power output is making the imbalance of time for supply and demand more and more obvious. After the project''s operation, it will become the largest battery energy storage project in Europe, providing power source emergency support when the main grid has an accident, and elevating effectively the safe operation level of the grid.
"Projects like this will be vital for balancing the UK''s electricity demand and supply as wind and solar power play bigger roles in powering our lives," David Wells, vice president of SEEL, said. "Batteries are uniquely suited to optimizing power supplies as the UK moves towards net-zero carbon system."
Batteries are expected to play a key part in the transition to a low-carbon energy system by absorbing excess energy when supply exceeds demand in some areas, then supplying that power to the grid when needed.
Limejump, a wholly-owned Shell subsidiary that manages the largest network of batteries in the UK, will optimize the use of Europe''s biggest battery through its pioneering Virtual Power Platform.
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The German language is said to have a word for everything. Dunkelflaute — sometimes translated to "dark doldrums" — refers to the times when it is neither windy nor sunny.
Dunkelflaute is a major problem for anyone relying purely on solar panels or wind turbines to power their home, business, or charge up their electric car.
The answer to this problem is batteries: big, fridge-size batteries that store energy when renewable sources are available and can discharge it when needed so homeowners can flick the lights on, run the dishwasher and stream Netflix.
The best-known is the Tesla Powerwall, which has a market-leading 30 per cent share of sales in the US, according to Frost & Sullivan, a consultancy. But the competition is getting more intense since two European groups entered the fray in the past month.
First, the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas major Shell purchased German start-up Sonnen, Europe''s largest maker of home battery systems.
Sonnen chief executive Christoph Ostermann says the Shell acquisition underscores "what everyone who isn''t dumb and blind acknowledges: renewable energy is not stoppable any more".
He adds: "It''s already price competitive to fossil fuels. Everyone can generate power on their roof and doorstep. This is happening throughout the entire energy industry [but] not everyone is as advanced as Shell is."
A few days after that acquisition, Siemens announced it would begin selling the Junelight Smart Battery, the first battery storage system offered by Europe''s largest industrial conglomerate for private homes.
"We think this is a sign of how exciting the battery market is," says Frank Rijsberman, director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute, which works with governments to support sustainability.
"Solar and wind are now past the stage of being only commercially attractive," he adds. "Solar is now cheaper than coal in many places, but the storage is still the issue. As soon as battery costs go down a little more, we see solar and wind, plus batteries, becoming a very attractive option."
The market for residential home batteries — like the market for electric vehicles — is rather niche today, but it is growing quickly. According to research consultancy Frost & Sullivan, some 90,000 residential battery storage units were purchased in 2017 led by Germany, Australia and the US, which together comprise nearly three-quarters of the global market.
By 2025, Frost expects the market to multiply six-fold to 531,000 units, as battery costs drop and manufacturers'' ability to scale ramps up. A further catalyst should be that more countries will introduce government incentives for homeowners to switch from centralised power plants based on fossil fuels.
In addition to developed markets, where household batteries are often a luxury for people to use sustainable energy and get off the grid, home storage batteries have the potential to gain a foothold in emerging and middle-income countries where power outages are a major problem.
"Take India: a very large percentage of middle-income people have their own generator to deal with power failures. In Guyana, where we did a rooftop solar project last year, practically all businesses, all offices, have large diesel generators in their basements or parking lots."
Such potential underlines why Shell has committed to spending $2bn a year to bulk up its renewable energy operations. This month it also purchased UK-based Limejump, a digital platform to help businesses manage how they generate and consume sustainable electricity.
"We are in the middle of a revolution towards a future where many electricity networks around the world are powered by renewable electricity," says Limejump chief executive Erik Nygard.
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