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Latest news and updates on Eelpower Energy StorageEelpower and Habitat Energy agree optimisation deal for 100MW of Battery Storage
We are pleased to announce that Eelpower has signed a three-year battery optimisation agreement with Habitat Energy for two large battery storage projects which we are building as part of its 2021 joint venture arrangement with SUSI Partners,...
Katherine Vinnicombe joins Eelpower’s Senior Management Team
Katherine Vinnicombe has been appointed Head of Business Development at Eelpower, the UK energy storage company. Katherine has joined Eelpower from SSE where she led solar and storage project development and M&A. Her career to date includes senior roles at...
Eelpower’s Joint Venture with SUSI Partners delivers 150MW Storage Portfolio for the GB System
Eelpower is pleased to announce that its partnership with SUSI Partners, the Swiss infrastructure fund manager that specialises in sustainable energy infrastructure investments, has successfully concluded the acquisition of a new storage portfolio of 150MW at three...
NextEnergy Solar Fund enters UK Energy Storage market in Joint Venture with Eelpower
£100m joint venture targets 250MW of storage assets and makes its first acquisition: 50MW storage scheme in Fife, Scotland Leading UK energy storage company, Eelpower Limited (Eelpower) and NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), the specialist solar power renewable...
EDF announces agreement for battery optimisation with Eelpower
Eelpower, one of the pioneer investors and operators of large-scale commercial energy storage assets in the UK, have selected EDF as their next trading and optimisation partner. The partnership will involve the trading and optimisation of three grid-scale battery...
Eelpower signs JV with SUSI Partners to accelerate rollout of UK Energy Storage portfolio.
Eelpower is pleased to announce that it has closed its most significant funding round to date, securing a multi-asset agreement with SUSI Partners (“SUSI”). Highlights: Joint Venture under which Eelpower and SUSI will construct and operate a pipeline of new build...
Eelpower signs 7 year contract with Centrica Business Solutions to dispatch its 10MW Asset in Lincoln
Eelpower has started a seven-year contract with Centrica Business Solutions for the optimisation of its battery storage plant at Leverton near Lincoln, UK. The 10MW Leverton storage project was commissioned in 2017 in order to provide balancing services to the...
David Blackman interviews Mark Simon for Utility Week
The government should create a new flexibility mechanism to help the grid to deal with rapid fluctuations in demand, a battery owner and operator has said. Mark Simon, chief executive of Eelpower, told Utility Week that a flexibility market is required in...
Delivering a dispatchable, flexible zero-carbon system
The growing importance of battery storage to deliver a dispatchable, flexible zero-carbon system was the main theme of Mark Simon’s presentation to Glennmont’s “New Energy Market” seminar held in the House of Commons on December 5th. Mark was amongst of panel of...
Tom Peacock appointed Development Director
Eelpower Ltd, the UK energy storage and services company, has appointed Tom Peacock as Development Director. Tom was formerly Property Director of MRH, the country's leading independent service station owner/operator. He has also held roles at Canfield House, a...