Green light for £62m battery storage facility

PLANS have been approved to build a multi-million-pound battery storage facility at the Teesworks site.

- By ANNETTE BELCHER

The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), from Energy Optimisation Solutions (EOS), is set to be built on a three-acre plot at the Long Acres section of the 2,500 acre Teesworks site on the south bank of the River Tees.

The £62 million facility has been to designed to enable up to 100 Megawatts (MW) of additional green energy to be plugged into the grid.

Over the course of a year, it's reported that the EOS facility is also set to help cut carbon emissions by 4,000 metric tons.

Battery energy storage systems enable energy from renewables, like solar and wind, to be stored and then released when the power is needed most.