The installations could supply enough energy to power 400,000 homes for two hours. Credit: EDF Renewables UK.

EDF Renewables UK will bolster the UK’s energy infrastructure with the introduction of 300MW of battery storage projects.

The move is a crucial milestone in the UK’s efforts to decarbonise its power grid and reflects the accelerating pace of the energy transition.

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EDF Renewables UK’s six ongoing construction projects are expected to be operational by summer 2025.

Among those underway are a 57MW site in Braintree, Essex, and a 47.5MW asset in Indian Queens, Saint Austell, Cornwall.

A 52MW battery in Sundon, Bedfordshire, was recently energised, and Dorset Council has approved planning for a 47.5MW battery near Mannington.

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Together, these installations could supply enough energy to power 400,000 homes for two hours.

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The UK government’s commitment to a zero carbon electricity system by 2030 necessitates a substantial increase in renewable energy sources. Targets include tripling solar capacity to 50GW, quadrupling offshore wind to 55GW and doubling onshore wind to 35GW by the end of the decade.

Experts predict that the UK will need between 20GW and 30GW of battery storage by 2030 to meet the netzero pathways outlined by the Electricity System Operator.

EDF Renewables UK’s current projects contribute to an existing portfolio of more than 150MW of battery energy storage systems in operation across Oxfordshire, Kent and the West Midlands.

With plans to deliver 2GW of transmission-connected battery storage, EDF Renewables UK has more than 400MW consented and a further 313MW in construction.

In June 2022, it revealed that its two approved solar projects, totalling 100MW capacity, had reached site preparation and construction stages.