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ROOSECOTE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY

ROOSECOTE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY

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SECURIDOR COMMERCIAL PROJECT t . 01524 727000 f . 01524 812222 e . sales@strongdor.com www.strongdor.com One of the world’s largest battery storage facilities is taking shape on the site of the former power station at Roosecote, near Barrow in Cumbria. Commissioned by Centrica, as part of a £180m investment programme to develop new, flexible power plants across the country, the Roosecote battery stor- age facility is a state of the art project that will store energy harvested from the grid until needed. With work on the site expected to be completed by the end of 2018, when the facility comes online it will boast the capacity to generate a staggering 49MW. That’s enough electricity to power around 50,000 homes at a very nimble response time of less than a second. Containing a

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