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Zenobē's Kilmarnock South BESS project in Scotland delivers inertia and short-circuit ratio services to the grid under a Stability Pathfinder contract. Image: Zenobē.

UK: Grid-forming batteries miss out in system stability tender as synchronous condensers, gas get contracts

March 3, 2026
A second-round auction in the UK for grid stability services, including inertia, concluded without any wins for grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
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