A bid for a new battery energy storage system in West Cumbria is likely to get the go-ahead next week.
JT Energy Storage (Windel Energy) has applied for planning permission to create the system on a 1.18 hectare site between Woodend and Moor Row, near Egremont.
The development would have 16 battery storage containers providing a total capacity of 30MW and each unit typically resembles a storage container, measuring 6m long, 2.5m wide and 2.9m high.
It would be connected to the existing substation at Woodend via a buried cable.
A battery storage compound consists of batteries that can store energy and are able to release or absorb energy from the power network.
They would help balance out demand on the National Grid. When there is not enough power, during periods of high demand, batteries are discharged to balance under frequency preventing black and brown outs.
To balance over-frequency, batteries are charged to store electricity which is not required at the time of generation.
Cumberland Council’s planning committee has been recommended to approve the scheme when it meets next Wednesday, November 26.
The site is currently used as pasture.
The storage system’s lifespan is 40 years.
Egremont Town Council raised no objections but Cleator Moor Town Council felt that some further information would be required to determine its proximity to the graveyard and Quaker grave and whether any disturbance to these would occur.
Twenty-four objections have been raised about the development.
