The energy storage project will support the UK’s net-zero commitments. Credit: Renewable Energy Systems.
UK-based renewable energy firm Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has secured a permit to build its Spennymoor Energy Storage System in County Durham, UK.
Durham County Council’s planning committee granted the permit after the case officer recommended the 99.9MW energy storage project.
Located south of the existing electrical substation on Thinford Lane, the facility will store electricity when generation exceeds demand.
It will release the stored electricity to the grid network when demand exceeds generation, as well as enable the deployment of new wind, solar and other renewable energy sources.
RES Energy Storage head Alan McMahon said: “We are…