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West Didsbury Storage

Battery storage

50 mw

In construction

132kV DNO Connection

ENW

Manchester

Lancashire

The West Didsbury battery storage project is located near Manchester in Lancashire. With a peak output of 50MW, it has the potential to provide enough power for over 110,000 average UK homes at any moment in time.

The project was developed and is currently being built out under an EPCM contract by Statera Energy. The project is owned by Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (GRID). Once operational it will be maintained under an O&M contract by Statera Energy Operations.

Partners & owners

Gresham

Project owner: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc

Project EPC: Statera Energy Projects

Project O&M: Statera Energy Operations

Technology

Battery storage

  • Capacity

    50mw

  • Response time

    < 1sec

  • Duration

    1hr

  • Homes powered

    110,000

Services

1

Capacity Market

The Capacity Market is a mechanism used to procure capacity by providing the necessary payments to enable plants to deploy or remain operational.

2

Wholesale power markets

The primary market for wholesale electricity trading between generators and suppliers.

3

Frequency response

Used by National Grid to maintain enough response and reserve capacity to manage frequency and cope with unexpected losses.