Zenobē starts commercial operation of 100MW battery project in Capenhurst

Zenobē has started the commercial operation and connected to the grid its 100 MW battery energy storage project located in the city of Chester, UK. 

The project is the first battery energy storage facility in the UK that absorbs reactive power directly from a transmission network. It is the largest battery in Europe that connects to a transmission network at 275,000 volts.

Over the next 15 years, the project is forecast to remove 1,000,000 tonnes of CO₂, equivalent to 20,000 acres of mature forest (1,000,000 trees), or take 216,044 diesel and petrol cars off the road.