The UK has an ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to be net-zero by 2050. Wärtsilä and Pivot Power, part of EDF renewables, teamed up to help the country reach this target.
The energy storage projects in Cowley, Kemsley, Coventry and Bustleholme, deploying cutting-edge storage technology and our GEMS Digital Energy Platform will:
| Who | Pivot Power |
| What | 5 x 50 MW Energy storage system + GEMS digital energy platform |
| Where | United Kingdom |
| How | EEQ (Engineered equipment delivery) |
and 400 MWh of energy storage capacity in total
These Wärtsilä energy storage systems allow us to harness cutting-edge technology to future-proof our investments in a changing energy market, supporting our long-term goal to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint and bring us closer to net zero.
| Customer | Pivot Power |
| Size | 250 MW |
| Site locations | Cowley 50 MW / 50 MWh Kemsley 50 MW / 50 MWh Coventry 50 MW / 100 MWh Bustleholme 50 MW / 100 MWh Sundon 50 MW / 100 MWh |
| Applications | Balancing services for the UK National Grid, including: Frequency response, Electricity market trading, Reactive power and EV charging services |
| Scope | Engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) |
| Lifecycle solution | 10-year service agreement with performance guarantees |
| Delivery | 2020-2023 |
| COD | 2021-2023 |
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In this Energy Transition Talks episode, Sushil Purohit, President of Wärtsilä Energy meets Matt Allen, CEO of UK-based battery storage and EV infrastructure developer, Pivot Power.
With his team, Matt is spearheading the development of an underexplored topic: how electric vehicles (EV) can be integrated into the grid. This is where the joint energy storage projects of Pivot Power and Wärtsilä come in; they bring the needed flexibility for the EV infrastructure.
The 50 MW / 50 MWh energy storage system in Cowley is the UK’s first grid-scale energy storage system directly connected to the transmission-network. The project is the first part of what will be the world’s largest hybrid energy storage system.
The system consists of Wärtsilä GridSolv Max systems and the GEMS Digital Energy Platform, which dynamically optimises energy systems and provides critical feedback to stakeholders across asset owner, operation and trading value chains.
In Kemsley, Kent, we are building a 50MW / 50 MWh energy storage facility connected to the high voltage transmission network. The Wärtsilä storage system will respond in milliseconds to fluctuations in electricity supply and demand, charging or discharging to keep the system stable.
The system consists of Wärtsilä GridSolv Max systems and the GEMS Digital Energy Platform, which dynamically optimises energy systems and provides critical feedback to stakeholders across asset owner, operation and trading value chains.
The Bustleholme 50 MW / 100 MWh energy storage system will help to ensure clean, affordable and secure electricity supply when more renewables are integrated to the grid.
Just like the Coventry system, it will also provide additional power capacity to support the installation of the electric vehicle (EV) charging network that will accelerate the transition to electric transport and enable ultra-rapid public charging hubs.
The system consists of our Wärtsilä GridSolv Quantum modules, and the sophisticated GEMS Digital Energy Platform.
The Coventry 50 MW / 100 MWh energy storage system will help to ensure clean, affordable and secure electricity supply when more renewables are integrated to the grid.
It will also provide additional power capacity to support the installation of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network designed to accelerate the transition to electric transport. The network will enable ultra-rapid public charging hubs.
The system consists of Wärtsilä’s GridSolv Quantum modules and the GEMS Digital Energy Platform that optimises the energy system.
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