UK energy storage investor Gresham House and the clean energy arm of utility NextEra have moved forward with battery storage projects in California, US.

Firm Frequency Response (FFR) auction prices in the UK have hit their lowest level since 2019 as market saturation begins to take effect, market analytics platform Modo Energy said.

Delays in the growth of Britain’s battery storage sector helped boost Gresham House Energy Storage Fund’s portfolio performance.

Energy storage funds managed by UK-based Gore Street Capital and Gresham House increased their net asset value (NAV) per share in 2022, but by very different rates.

Battery storage projects totalling 627MW were awarded contracts in the UK’s 2023-24 Capacity Market auction which concluded yesterday (14 February), nearly a two-thirds jump on last year’s.

China-based battery cell OEM CATL and UK energy storage investor Gresham House have entered into a long-term agreement for the supply of 7.5GWh of BESS, potentially rising to 10GWh.

Ireland’s national planning body has approved a €140 million battery storage facility proposed by Strategic Power Projects in County Kildare.

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has seen its net asset value increase by 53.5% to £785 million (US$879 million).

The CEOs of Fluence, Gore Street, Gresham House and six others have penned an open letter calling on policy makers in Europe to set adequate targets and policy frameworks for the deployment of energy storage.

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has successfully raised £150 million (US$189 million).