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Scottish Power to build vast battery to improve wind energy supply

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/10/scottish-power-build-vast-battery-improve-wind-energy?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1560170478

Scottish Power is to undertake the most ambitious battery power project in Europe in an attempt to unlock the potential of the UK’s wind and solar farms.The company will connect an industrial-scale battery to the Whitelee onshore windfarm early next year to capture more power from its 214 turbines.The first major onshore wind power storage project will lead the way for a string of similar projects across at least six of Scottish Power’s largest renewable energy sites over the following 18 months.It will begin construction work at the Whitelee project early next year and expects the facility to be fully operational by the end of 2020.