Introduction
Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE), a UK-headquartered international developer, has announced its intention to scale up a pipeline of utility scale Energy Storage projects in the UK
The cornerstone project will be an initial 69MW/138MWh project to connect at 132kV to the UKPN network.
The project will take advantage of changes to the planning rules to enable the project to proceed under local planning rules and anticipate planning submission in Q2 2021 and connection in Q1 2022.
PACE expects this to be the first of a pipeline of up to 250+MW of stand alone energy storage it is looking to develop in the UK.
This is in addition to the initial 300+MWs of utility scale co-located solar and storage projects in the UK PACE is developing. PACE has a pipeline of over 1GW in evaluation across the UK and its international markets.
Alex Ross, Director of PACE Developments in the UK said, ‘Thanks to the changes to the planning policy PACE has been able to advance this project at this scale. This means we can be providing additional flexibility to National Grid sooner and provide more resilience to enable the connection of additional clean energy across the network’.
Rob Denman, Managing Director of PACE, said, ‘ We are constantly evaluating ways we can provide energy solutions to the grid and this project is the first of a targeted 250MW of stand alone storage in the UK. Our stand-alone storage projects will be developed in parallel to our utility scale solar and solar+storage projects in the UK and internationally – combining the best use of both technologies and enabling PACE to achieve financing at the required return levels’.
For communications related to this announcement:
Paul Taylor, Taylor Keogh Communications – +44 (0)20 8392 8250 / paul@taylorkeogh.com
For general enquiries about Pathfinder Clean Energy::
Pathfinder Clean Energy – Contact: Ben Chippendale
Tel +44 (0)20 7127 4542
press@pathfinderce.com