The Leighton Buzzard Battery Energy Storage Park is a 6,000kW energy storage project located in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 3NU, UK.

The electro-chemical battery energy storage project uses lithium-ion as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2013 and was commissioned in 2014.

Description

The Leighton Buzzard Battery Energy Storage Park is owned by UK Power Networks Holdings (100%).

The key applications of the project are electric energy time shift, electric supply reserve capacity – non-spinning, frequency regulation, stationary transmission/distribution upgrade, deferral and voltage support.

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Contractors involved

Samsung SDI and UK Power Networks Holdings have delivered the battery energy storage project.

Additional information

The Energy Storage System is funded by a $22,362,912.00 investment from Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.

Methodology

All publicly-announced energy storage projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects are sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific power players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.