NEC awarded two UK energy storage projects

NEC Corporation announced that NEC Energy Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been awarded contracts for two UK energy storage projects totaling 19 MW. Origami Energy developed both projects that were acquired by Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Plc. The NEC contracts are full turnkey projects and will be supported by Nippon Koei (NK) to carry out the EPC scope.

The first of the two projects is located at the Port of Tilbury, co-located with London's Port of Tilbury industrial port facility. The second project is located on Lower Road in Brentwood, Essex. The Port of Tilbury is the largest multipurpose deep-water port on the River Thames and at 9 MW, the energy storage system will use a metering scheme, installed by Nippon Koei, to enable the battery system to reduce the Port's peak demand while integrating with existing renewable generation on site.

The 10 MW Lower Road project will be a grid tied NEC GSS Grid Storage Solution that will provide front of the meter grid services.

The projects will benefit from three diversified revenue stream contracts including services to the capacity market, participating in TRIADs and providing dynamic firm frequency response services to National Grid. Construction will commence at Port of Tilbury in December 2018 and at Lower Road in January 2019 with commercial operations scheduled to start in mid-2019.