Ørsted Builds its First Commercial Battery Storage Project

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Ørsted has today announced it will build and operate a 20MW battery storage project near Liverpool in the UK.

The Carnegie Road battery storage project is Ørsted’s first venture into large-scale storage and is expected to be operational by the end of 2018. It will be used to provide services to the UK’s National Grid to help manage grid stability during changes between peak and low power demand. Ryan O’Keefe, Head of Energy Storage & Solar at Ørsted, says: “We’re excited to develop this project. As batteries have a very high frequency response capability we believe they’ll play an important role in providing services for the support of the stability of the power grid. The demand for these services is likely to... ... More: Official Press Release Ørsted

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Ørsted, storage, battery, UK, grid