A new RenewableUK report says the UK’s pipeline of battery projects has increased by 68% in a year, up from 50.3GW a year ago to 84.8GW and newer projects are much larger than their predecessors.
The EnergyPulse Energy Storage report says operational battery storage capacity has grown to 3.5GW, with projects under construction totalling 3.8GW. A further 24.5GW has been consented, 27.4GW has been submitted in the planning system and 25.7GW is at an early stage of development but yet to be submitted. The statistics were compiled in December 2023.
RenewableUK says there has been a shift towards larger projects. The average size of those being submitted into the planning system this year was 80MW, when a decade ago the average project size was just 2MW. In 2021 it had grown to 54MW.
England has 60% of the overall pipeline of UK projects (50,763MW) including the highest capacity of fully commissioned battery storage projects (2,872MW). Scotland has the second largest pipeline at 29,506MW.