Energy Optimisation Solutions (EOS), a developer backed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, has submitted plans for a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be built at the Teesworks development on Teesside.
If Redcar & Cleveland Council grants planning permission for the facility, it is anticipated to take about 12 months to build. Funding of £62 million is behind the BESS project, which will be built on a three-acre plot at the south west corner of the 4,500 acre Teesworks site.
EOS first reached an agreement with Teesworks for the development in July this year. At the time, Solar Power Portal received confirmation from Peter Walker, director of EOS, that the £62 million facility will be a 100MW system with 200MWh energy storage capacity.
Teesworks is also set to host a 1GW BESS proposed by NatPower, the construction of which is expected to cost about £1 billion.
The EOS facility adjoins the site where hydrogen production facilities HyGreen Teesside and H2 Teesside, both led by multinational oil and gas company BP, are planned to be built. The Net Zero Teesside project, which aims to be “one of the world’s first” commercial-scale gas-fired power stations with carbon capture and storage, is also nearby.
Teesworks chairman Chris Musgrave called battery energy storage “another key piece in the clean energy mix at Teesworks”.
EOS’ Walker said: “With so much renewable energy development planned for the site, such a supportive environment and such an experienced team in charge, it makes for the ideal location for our next battery storage facility.”
EOS has several battery storage projects already underway in the UK. The energy storage solutions provider is backed by funding from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners; the two are working together on a 230MW/460MWh BESS in Newport South Wales, under their portfolio company Uskmouth Energy Storage (UES). E.ON came on board in March 2024.
Under the terms of the agreement, E.ON will acquire 50% of the project capacity and jointly invest in its construction. The 2-hour duration asset is expected to be operational in Q1 2025, with construction having commenced in November 2023.
The Uskmouth BESS asset is the latest large-scale project Quinbrook is pursuing and adding to its portfolio. Perhaps the most noteworthy UK development for Quinbrook is the flagship 373MW Cleve Hill solar-plus-storage nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP).
