GE and Arenko Group have announced a strategic alliance to build grid-scale energy storage systems in the UK.

Arenko has invested in a 41MW battery supplied by GE, sited in the Midlands, which will commence operations in 2018.

Mirko Molinari, global commercial & marketing executive for energy storage at GE Power, said: “This collaboration cements two years of working together towards the shared vision of creating a battery storage solution which addresses the ever-changing needs of a modern energy system.”