Renewable energy developer Amp Energy has announced the development of two battery storage facilities with a capacity of 800MW in central Scotland.
Slated to be operational in April 2024, the two 400MW battery facilities will have 800MWhrs of energy storage capacity.
The projects, which will be located in Hunterston and Kincardine, will offer grid stability services and power management across the central belt of Scotland including Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Earlier this month, the two sites secured planning approval from the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit, following consultations with stakeholders and local councils.
Claimed to be the two largest grid-connected battery storage facilities in Europe, the facilities will use the company’s Amp X AI-powered digital energy platform to enhance dispatch of power from the batteries to the electricity grid.
Amp’s facilities will also use an advanced grid-forming inverter technology, in addition to two new synchronous condensers for grid stabilisation.
Amp’s Scottish battery facilities are expected to produce up to 1,750GWh of additional renewable energy per annum in Scotland in the coming years.
This energy will be transported to other regions of the UK, which is equivalent to around 500MW of new offshore wind deployments.
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