New green energy storage site approved by council

Land off Worset Lane, Hartlepool, where the energy station is proposed. (Image: Google)Plans have been unanimously approved for a new energy storage system looking to provide emission savings “equivalent to a reduction in around 12,000 cars on the road every year.”Proposals were submitted to Hartlepool Borough Council planning department last year for a battery energy storage system facility on agricultural land off Worset Lane.The development will have the capacity to store and export approximately 200MW of low carbon and renewable energy.Read next: Teenager and man in court over murder of ‘much-loved’ North East dadThe plans from Clearstone Energy look to support the National Grid’s Stability Pathfinder Project, which aims to solve specific problems in the electricity system to ensure the grid is kept stable as it transitions towards clean energy.A decision was initially…

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