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06 Jul 20221 minute read

Oxford to become global battery hub

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Oxford to become global battery hub

The world’s largest Lithium-ion-vanadium hybrid battery energy storage system (BESS) has been launched in Oxford.

Named Energy Superhub Oxford and totalling a capacity of 55MW, the site will provide clean power to the grid and help local cities and regions to balance energy demand and cut carbon.  

Energy Storage News reports that the core component of the project is a combined BESS made up of a 50 MW/50MWh Lithium-ion system, supplied by Wärtsilä, and a 2MW/5MWh vanadium flow battery from Invinity Energy Systems. Optimiser Habitat Energy is taking the assets into market with its AI-enabled trading platform.

UK government body Innovate UK provided a quarter of the £41 million (US$55.8 million) cost of the Superhub. Its director of the ‘Prospering from the Energy Revolution’ challenge programme, Rob Saunders, said: “The Energy Superhub Oxford project demonstrates the massive potential of creating integrated local energy systems, tailored to local needs, that will help cities and regions cut carbon in ways that work for communities and consumers. Our funding aim has been to help trial projects that are scalable and replicable, and it is great to see the Superhub concept rolling out to other areas.”

Learn more about Energy Superhub Oxford here

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