US-based NEC Energy Solutions has been awarded two contracts by the Gore Street Energy Storage Fund to provide UK energy storage projects.
NEC will be supported by Japanese engineering company Nippon Koei to carry out the EPC scope of the full turnkey projects.
The projects were first developed by Origami Energy, which then sold the rights to build and operate the projects to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund.
The first contract is for a 9-megawatt behind-the-meter battery storage system— the “largest in the United Kingdom”— at London’s Port of Tilbury. The system will incorporate a metering system installed by Nippon Koei, and will work to reduce the port’s peak demand while integrating with existing on-site renewable energy generation.
The second contract is for a 10MW NEC integrated grid storage solution, which includes lithium-ion energy storage, power conversion, and a controls suite. The system will provide front-of-the-meter grid services at Lower Road in Brentwood, Essex.
Both projects will benefit from three revenue stream contracts, including services to the capacity market, participating in ‘TRIADs’ (the three half-hour periods of peak demand between November and February) and “providing dynamic firm frequency response services to National Grid”.
NEC Energy Solutions CEO Steve Fludder said: “These project awards and the continued success of the Gore Street Energy Fund demonstrate investors’ confidence in the value of energy storage as an attractive, long-term investment in a rapidly growing global market.”