Late August in 2016 will be considered a historic month for Britain’s energy transition. The auction for 200MW of enhanced frequency response (EFR) by National Grid saw eight energy storage projects awarded contracts. What this meant was that for the first time, through a competitive solicitation process, batteries were to be put onto the grid in a big way. In this guide you will learn how NEC’s Energy Solutions division was able to successfully execute two of these projects, totalling 50MW.

What to consider what steps to take when purchasing energy storage systems – this guide will enable you to make the right decisions if you want to add energy storage to your renewables mix.

While there is general consensus to use levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for comparing different energy generation technologies, such as solar parks, wind farms and coal plants, there is no universally applied metric for calculating the cost of energy storage.