Envision Energy has secured an agreement to supply hardware and equipment for a 50 megawatt hour (MWh) battery storage project at the Whitebirk site in Blackburn, northwest England. The contract, with Field, is part of a long-term partnership aimed at expanding Envision Energy's Energy Storage division and enhancing the deployment of battery storage in the UK and Mainland Europe.
The Whitebirk project will participate in the Capacity Market and is designed to support all major revenue streams of the National Grid ESO.
“We are proud that our advanced BESS solutions have been recognised by Field for their exceptional standards in safety, reliability and technical capability,” said Mark Walton-Hayfield, Senior Director for Energy Storage in the UK and Ireland at Envision Energy. “We are excited to bring our Tier 1 technology to Whitebirk whilst continuing to collaborate and partner with Field more broadly and make a significant contribution to the global energy transition.”
Field's Vice President for Supply Chain and Procurement, Ben Saward, commented, “Envision Energy's product and expertise helped them progress swiftly through a thorough, competitive tender process and we're pleased to be working with them on Field Whitebirk. When operational, the site will join our network of UK battery storage sites in balancing increasingly intermittent energy supplies across the grid to bolster energy security, bring down costs to consumers and decarbonise the power sector by 2030.”
This agreement underscores the growing importance of battery storage in ensuring energy security and supporting the transition to renewable energy sources.
