SUSI-Eelpower, a collaboration between SUSI Partners and Eelpower, has launched Scotland’s largest standalone operational battery storage project in Dundee. The Dunsinane facility boasts a 50MW capacity and has selected EDF as its trading and optimisation partner. EDF will provide market access and optimise operations using its leading trading platform across all available revenue streams, including balancing mechanism, trading, and ancillary services.
The Dunsinane project will play a vital role in decarbonising energy by offering balancing services to National Grid, allowing greater integration of renewable generation. Mark Simon, Eelpower’s CEO, was pleased with the site entering commercial operations and described it as the first of a series of significant battery assets that will transform the grid’s ability to balance the rapid growth in intermittent renewable generation and help manage constraints.
EDF’s Stuart Fenner welcomed the partnership with SUSI-Eelpower and noted the importance of battery storage in achieving net zero and decarbonising the energy system. The Dunsinane project’s commissioning comes after the launch of a 10MW battery in Winchester, England, earlier this year, part of the Constraint Management Zone around the Rownhams grid supply point in Hampshire, offering stability to a critical congested part of the national electricity grid.
The launch of the Dunsinane project marks a significant milestone for Scotland, and its flexibility will pave the way for more sustainable energy solutions. Battery storage is a crucial element in the transition towards a greener and more sustainable future.
