Fidra Energy, a battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, has acquired the Enderby battery storage project in Leicestershire, UK, from renewable energy developer Innova for an undisclosed amount.
The project, located within the Blaby District Council area, is expected to provide up to 1.025GW of capacity when operational, placing it among the largest BESS projects in the UK.
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According to Fidra Energy, the Enderby project received planning consent from Blaby District Council in May 2025.
The project is also eligible for the UK Government’s first long-duration energy storage cap and floor scheme application, with a regulatory decision anticipated in summer 2026. A final investment decision (FID) is targeted for 2027 and operations could begin in 2029.
Innova chief finance and investment officer Daniel Mushin said: “We are delighted to have completed the sale of the Enderby project to Fidra, our third utility scale transmission connected battery storage project in the last 12 months, which together when built will amount to over 2.4GW of new capacity, making a major contribution to the UK ‘s clean energy targets.”
Fidra Energy’s acquisition of Enderby increases its UK BESS pipeline to more than 4GW.
The company, which is backed by EIG and the National Wealth Fund, is constructing another large BESS project at Thorpe Marsh, Yorkshire, with a planned capacity of 1.4GW/3.1GW-hours (GWh). It is also proposing a project at West Burton, Nottinghamshire, with a capacity of 500MW/1.1GWh.
The West Burton project is expected to reach an FID in June 2026 and both projects may be fully operational by 2028.
Fidra Energy said that battery energy storage plays an important role in the UK’s move towards integrating more renewables.
The government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan calls for between 22GW and 27GW of short-duration battery storage to be operational in the UK by the end of this decade.
Fidra Energy chief growth and strategy officer Morris Van Looy said: “The acquisition of the Enderby battery storage project marks another major milestone in the expansion of our UK portfolio and demonstrates our ambition to deliver large-scale battery storage infrastructure at pace to support the UK Government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.”
In January, Drax entered into a ten-year tolling agreement with West Burton C, owned by Fidra Energy, for a 250MW (500MW-hour) BESS at West Burton in the UK.
