Residents are once again invited to have their say on plans for an energy storage facility that could hold enough electricity to power thousands of homes in an emergency.Ecap-Renewables has shared its updated proposals for a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility, to be located next to National Grid’s Staythorpe substation in Newark and Sherwood.A BESS is made up of a number of containers for storing energy, with every two to six batteries accompanied by a DC inverter.What the Staythorpe BESS units might look like (58507445)The company are now holding a public consultation period with an in person event on Tuesday August 16, to gather feedback on the updated proposals before submitting the planning application.The updated proposals come following feedback from a first phase of public consultation in June on the initial proposals for the site. Feedback was then reviewed…
Consultation launched on updated proposals for a new battery energy storage system (BESS) in Staythorpe, Newark and Sherwood
