NatPower UK’s Managing Director John Sturman has been speaking to journalists regarding their plans for the UK’s biggest battery storage pipeline.

Some quotes from Sturman:

Our current activities in the UK are presently focused on very large-scale energy storage to help resolve the intermittency of renewables for the energy transition

Rather than a single co-located project, our Giga Park concept involves a central battery storage project that enables multiple wind and solar projects in the vicinity to inter-trade power with the grid.
This approach allows for a much larger optimisation of renewable energy generation.

From the article: “One of the innovative approaches NatPower UK is exploring is its Giga Park concept.

Under this model, NatPower UK seeks to co-locate larger scale battery storage projects with multiple renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, in a single networked energy hub.”

So what does this mean for Thirsk/South Kilvington? It seems to suggest that the project will begin with the BESS, then the ‘extra’ 100 acres or more of land to the north of the site could well be used to site solar panels, wind turbines and more.

It leaves to us wonder what further developent will that open up in future?

A link to the full article is here: