In the United Kingdom is Monday, allegedly the largest energy storage in Europe by means of battery technology opened. The capacity of the installation is 10MWh, which is considerably more than any other major central earlier this year in Germany opened.
The battery of the Woodman Close plant in the Uk town of Leighton Buzzard went Monday open for a trial period of two years. The storage covers an area of three tennis courts and the building is 760 square meters large.
On the central, according to the BBC, enough energy is saved to 6.000 houses an hour and a half to provide energy during peak demand. In addition, it can Woodman Close during average hours and during off-peak hours to 1,100 homes the whole day of power, writes the broadcaster.
With the storage wants of the British UK Power Networks, mainly peak load reduction. This is a big problem in societies that by an increasing number of electrical devices, more energy is required. According to UK Power Networks, the benefits of energy storage in the United Kingdom in 2040 600 million pound sums, provided there are batteries in the entire country.
As far as is known is the installation in the United Kingdom with regard to capacity, the largest in Europe. In september of this year, opened a German energy company and a storage with a capacity of 5MWh. This save the Germans temporarily excess green power that comes from wind turbines and solar panels.