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02 Feb 20231 minute read

The UK added 800MWh of energy storage in 2022

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The UK added 800MWh of energy storage in 2022

The UK added a record 800MWh of new utility energy storage capacity in 2022, according to Solar Media Market Research analyst Mollie McCorkindale.

Writing in Energy Storage News, Ms McCorkindale said the UK’s energy storage pipeline increased substantially by 34.5GW in 2022. By the end of the year, 2.4GW/2.6GWh of battery storage sites have now been connected in total.  

She added that, going forward, deployment levels are likely to see annual increases; there is over 2.6GW/4.3GWh of energy storage projects under construction right now which will likely be completed within the next 18 months. 

In 2017, there was only one project of size 50MW; in 2021 and 2022 there were nine 50MW projects installed in each year. The average project size in 2017 was 4.4MWh and the average project size in 2022 was 36MWh; this is partly due to an increase in duration of the batteries.

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