SSE teams up with Sheffield Uni on grid balancing tech
SSE Energy Solutions’ grid balancing technology, Enhance, has been deployed at Sheffield University’s Willenhall Energy Storage Facility.
The software innovation was developed to maximise the efficiency of mega batteries. It will manage the operation of the 2MW battery at the £4m research facility, which is part of Sheffield University’s Centre for Research into Electrical Energy Storage and Applications (CREESA). CREESA aims to advance development of an affordable and clean energy future that is secure and sustainable.
The intermittency of renewable energy sources like wind and solar have been seen as a limiting factor in their adoption but energy storage solutions have the potential to balance such fluctuations. SSE’ said Enhance can monitor and manage costs and performance of battery sites.
The Enhance platform works by preventing the battery from taking power from the grid at times of peak usage and by feeding stored energy back to the grid when local demands on the battery are lower. The platform grants access to the wholesale energy market as well as the Balancing Mechanism, the open auction through which the National Grid buys power to keep the grid in balance.
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