Battery storage plan adds to fear over loss of land due to solar farms

MORE than 1,300 six-metre-long batteries could be installed on fields in Lincolnshire. The battery farm - technically known as a Battery Energy Storage System - is planned for countryside around seven miles south of Lincoln.

- BY JAMIE WALLER

If approved, the Brant Energy Storage site would be built across four fields to the west of the village of Coleby, on Hill Rise.

The project is designed to store electricity which has been generated from renewable sources like solar farms and wind turbines until it is needed in the national grid.

Initial plans suggest between 1,300 and 1,600 lithium-ion phosphate batteries, which would each be housed in containers which are six metres long and three metres high, could be placed on the site.

The battery farm would also include a substation and three tanks which could hold tens of thousands of litres of water.

The battery farm would be capable of storing up to 1GW of energy - enough to power around 500,000 homes.

The project is being proposed by Navenby Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of renewable energy company NatPower UK.