Published: 1 Feb 2023, 16:13
Smart energy infrastructure business SMS announced it now has a combined 90MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in operation in Ipswich and Barnsley.
The BESS projects are delivering energy to help balance the grid and provide additional flexibility services.
The 50MW project located at Brook Farm, near Ipswich, and the 40MW site in Stairfoot, Barnsley, are both lithium-ion batteries, SMS said, and are the second and third sites the firm has developed following the completion of its inaugural 50MW BESS project in Cambridgeshire.
Prior to the development of the BESS assets, SMS entered the virtual power plant (VPP) space with the acquisition of battery storage, microgeneration and electric vehicle charger