Building work has started at Monk Fryston in North Yorkshire on SSE’s largest battery storage project.
At 320MW, the project is SSE’s largest battery storage facility being built, and one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Once completed, the site could power over half a million homes for up to two hours at a time, during times of peak demand.
SSE Renewables, Morrison Energy Services, and Sungrow have planted a ceremonial tree near the entrance to the site.
Heather Donald, Director of Onshore Wind, Solar & Battery at SSE Renewables, said: “It’s fantastic to have construction under way on our largest battery storage project at Monk Fryston, and to have been joined by our project partners Morrison Energy Services and Sungrow to mark the occasion.
“To be building a battery project of this size and scale is a huge testament to how far we have come in such a short space of time, with our first 50MW battery asset at Salisbury already entering full operations earlier this year.
“Battery storage projects like this one at Monk Fryston will be vital in reaching the UK’s net zero targets, providing flexibility to the grid when the sun isn’t shining, and the wind isn’t blowing.”
