UK-based energy storage firm redT has been chosen as the “primary energy storage technology provider” for a large-scale tidal generation project in the UK.
RedT said in a London Stock Exchange announcement that a consortium of European firms is behind the project— for which a redT 0.6MW / 3MWh vanadium redox flow machine system has been selected to demonstrate the technical and financial feasibility of using tidal energy plus energy storage “to provide reliable, renewable baseload energy”.
The energy storage firm said it will “contribute research, analysis and optimisation of tidal and flow machine technology to provide baseload power”.
RedT did not disclose details of the firms behind the project, which it said “remains subject to finance and formal contract awards”.
Scott McGregor (pictured), redT’s CEO, said: “Flow machine technology is ideal for heavy daily use alongside renewables. This project launches us into a new market alongside tidal generation to produce base load energy.”
“Tidal generation provides a consistent, regular supply of energy, ideal for coupling with our industrial energy storage machines to supply 24-hour base load energy, a service which is difficult to provide with conventional power-centric batteries,” McGregor said.
Last year, redT said “initial” deals it signed to supply 12 energy storage units to firms in Europe and Southeast Asia paved the way for it to potentially supply a total of more than 300 energy storage units in the regions.
