£1bn battery storage project poised to take shape at Teesworks

Coreena Ford

21 May 2024 at 0:16 pm·2-min read

An aerial view of Teesworks — -Credit: (Image: Copyright Unknown)

Plans to create a £1bn battery storage facility at Teesworks are reportedly set to be unveiled today.

Teesworks Ltd has struck a deal with leading battery storage specialist NatPower UK for an option to build one of Europe’s biggest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) at the Long Acres section of the 2,500 acre Teesworks site, sources say.

The company is part of the NatPower group, an energy transition developer with bases around the world including the UK, US, Italy and Kazakhstan. The facility – which will take up 50 acres of land – will enable up to 1000 Megawatts (MW) of additional green energy to be plugged into the grid, and the group’s plans include the potential to set up an electric vehicle charging facility as part of the complex, it has been said.

The company’s battery storage technology, an essential move towards net zero power, enables energy from renewables including solar and wind power to be stored and then released when the power is needed most.

NatPower UK is conducting the largest clean energy development programme in the UK, aimed at integrating large scale smart clean energy generation and distribution with large scale, intermittent clean energy demand. It aims to bring over 60 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery storage online in the UK by 2040.

The Long Acres plot earmarked for the facility adjoins the area where hydrogen production facilities HyGreen Teesside and H2 Teesside and the Net Zero Teesside project are also planned. Led by bp and aiming to start production in 2026, HyGreen Teesside is planned to be one of the UK’s biggest green hydrogen facilities.

Net Zero Teesside Power aims to be one of the world’s first commercial scale gas-fired power stations with carbon capture, and the hub of a decarbonised group of industries on Teesside.

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