Circester Solar Farm becomes the fifth UK co-located renewable energy and battery site to be optimised by Statfraft. Image: Warrington Borough Council
Statkraft has signed a second hybrid power purchase and battery optimisation agreement with Warrington Borough Council.
The agreement will see the Council-owned Cirencester Solar Farm optimised by energy giant Statkraft and thus becomes the fifth co-located renewable energy and battery site in the UK to have been optimised by the firm.
The solar farm incorporates both solar and battery energy storage technology to fully optimise the project and increase the renewable generation output of the project. It has a 23MWp solar farm with an accompanying 10MW battery storage facility. It is also recognised as the first large-scale DC-coupled solar and storage facility in the UK, Statkraft said.
“Having worked with Warrington Borough…