Mar 26, 2025 · Pulse Clean Energy has announced that its latest 42 MW/100 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), located in Hyde, West of Manchester, is now operational. The Hyde
May 26, 2025 · Griff Services Ltd is a Manchester‑based electrical‑engineering and renewable‑energy contractor that designs, installs and maintains solar PV arrays,
Jun 13, 2024 · A group including energy giant Centrica, the owners of British Gas, and the state-owned UK Infrastructure Bank have invested £300m to get the
Jul 30, 2025 · UK microgrid developer Eclipse Power has partnered with UK energy infrastructure developer Carlton Power to develop an energy park in Manchester, conceived to host a large
Sep 10, 2024 · Global energy storage capacity was estimated to have reached 36,735MW by the end of 2022 and is forecasted to grow to 353,880MW by 2030. The UK had 3,096MW of
Jun 13, 2024 · Beyond contributing to the UK''s energy security by reducing the intermittency of renewables, Highview Power''s infrastructure programme will
Jun 13, 2024 · The new facility will be located in Carrington, Manchester and will become one of the largest long duration energy storage (LDES) plants globally. With a storage capacity of
Jun 13, 2024 · Highview Power has secured a £300 million investment to build the UK''s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant. This funding comes from the UK
Aug 23, 2024 · In recent months, Octopus Energy signed a two-year fixed-price agreement with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund for 500MW of its battery assets. Under the
Jun 14, 2024 · Highview Power has secured a £300m investment to build a liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant in Carrington, Manchester, Northwest England.
Jan 10, 2025 · UK energy storage developer Statera Energy said on Thursday it has acquired a 680-MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project, Carrington Storage, located at
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May 29, 2025 · UK-based energy developer Balance Power has received planning approval for a 30-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Rochdale, Greater Manchester,
Apr 16, 2025 · Plans to create one of the largest battery storage facilities in the UK at the site of the former coal powered Uskmouth Power Station in Newport
Jul 24, 2023 · Energy infrastructure development company Carlton Power has received planning permission for an ambitious project at Manchester''s Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park.
Jun 13, 2024 · Highview Power is ready to start building a 300 MWh liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant in the United Kingdom after securing GBP 300 million ($383 million) from a
Jul 19, 2023 · Tata Sons will build a 40GW battery cell gigafactory in the United Kingdom (UK). The investment, of over £4 billion, will deliver electric mobility
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Jul 26, 2023 · Planning permission has been granted for a £750m battery energy storage scheme (BESS) near Manchester. Carlton Power, the independent
Planning permission has been granted for a £750m battery energy storage scheme (BESS) near Manchester. Carlton Power, the independent energy-infrastructure developer behind the venture, said the 1GW facility at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park would be the world’s largest battery-storage facility.
The company has had a smaller-scale 5MW/15MWh project operational, also in Manchester, since 2018. It first revealed plans for a large-scale project in Carrington in 2019 which the then-CEO told Energy-Storage.news would start construction the following year.
Carlton Power secures planning permission for a 1GW battery energy storage scheme in Manchester, aiming for commercial operation in 2025. The project will strengthen regional energy security and surpass the current largest BESS in the world.
By capturing and storing excess renewable energy, which is now the cheapest form of electricity, storage can help keep energy costs from spiralling, and power Britain’s homes with 24/7 renewable clean energy.
Failed to load Related. Planning permission for the battery-storage facility was granted by Trafford Council. The council’s leader, Tom Ross, said that the battery storage and green-hydrogen schemes would put Trafford and Greater Manchester “at the forefront of the UK’s energy transition”.
It will also contribute materially to increasing utilisation of green energy generation, reducing energy bills for consumers and providing significantly improved energy stability and security. Richard Butland, Co-Founder & CEO of Highview Power said: “ There is no energy transition without storage.
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