Aura Power is developing battery storage systems in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Northern America, Italy and Lithuania. We currently have over 600MW of grid capacity secured in the UK and have successfully taken over 150MW through planning.
Utility-scale energy storage supports our transition to a low carbon future. It enables national electricity grids to accommodate increased penetration of generation from intermittent sources such as renewables, as well as enabling improved efficiency from fossil-fuel generation, such as natural gas.
Global battery storage capacity is expected to grow 20 times over by 2030.
Battery storage facilities are ideally suited to provide ancillary services to national electricity grid networks. These services help the network operators maintain the correct frequency of alternating current on the grid, along with providing complimentary balancing and reserve services. In certain countries, battery storage systems can enhance security of energy supply through capacity market mechanisms.
Lithium-Ion technology is the most cost effective and commercially mature of the energy storage systems available.
By connecting a standalone utility-scale project directly to the distribution or transmission grid, we are able to deliver these services at reduced cost and achieve fast response times.
Visit our project specific pages to find out more about a project in your area, otherwise please contact us at info@aurapower.com for all other enquires.
View ProjectsOffering a fully-funded, co-located battery storage solution for medium to large scale electricity users, allowing your business to manage load and reduce cost.
Aura Power works closely with commercial electricity consumers with high power requirements, such as industrial facilities. In the UK, we have partnered with Thrive Renewables to offer a fully-funded, battery-based energy storage solution, which will deliver energy-bill savings along with the potential to unlock additional revenues from ancillary services provided by the battery system.
By placing a battery storage system on your side of the electricity meter, we can decouple the power consumed by your facility from the power drawn from the electricity grid, without interfering with your operations on site. This enables us to reduce the burden of non-commodity costs, including use of system charges, which can be a significant component of your energy costs. We can capture additional revenues by providing ancillary services to National Grid. At no cost to you, we will fund and manage the development, installation and operation of the system.
Utility scale battery storage has a vital role to play in the global energy energy mix. It provides an answer to one of the biggest challenges faced by renewable generators - the intermittent nature of such technologies - offering a way to capture clean energy and balance energy generation against demand.
There are a number of evolving battery technologies though the most readily available to the market is lithium-ion.
Whenever you store a large amount of energy — whether in traditional liquid/gas forms or in batteries — there is a risk that an uncontrolled release of the energy could result in a fire or explosion. However, there are a number of safety measures in place to mitigate the risk. These include cooling systems, sufficient battery separation, location, maintenance and regular safety checks.
There are a number of new and recently-revised standards relevant to the design and deployment of BESS systems, however the technology and industry continues to develop rapidly and is constantly innovating to improve project value and safety
A typically battery storage's operation life cycle will be 40-60 years.
Locating batteries close to grid infrastructure is vital, so that we can connect safely into the existing network. We look to develop on brownfield land where possible, however small areas of greenfield land can also be suitable for battery storage. The site would be fully decommissioned at the end of its operating life, leaving the land exactly as it was found prior to the project.
The exact size depends on the size of the system. For a 100MW site we'd typically look at around 3-4 acres.
As the footprint required for a battery storage system is relatively small, the impacts are usually quite limited. They are generally located away from residential areas and any noise or visual impacts can be mitigated using tree planting and in some cases an acoustic fence.