Eelpower News

 £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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Eelpower Ltd, the UK energy storage and services company, has appointed Magdalena Markiewicz as its Chief Financial Officer.  Magdalena brings a wealth of experience to Eelpower.  To date, she has worked with Rothschild (Global Financial Advisory), with...

Are wind and solar projects just “badly behaved coal plants”? I ask because this perhaps best reflects the argument against the two main renewable energy technologies that critics have put forward in recent years. To read the rest of the article written by Seb Henbest...

Another step in Eelpower's £500m quest for 1GW of Storage by 2022. Eelpower Limited has acquired the 20MW Rock Farm battery storage scheme. Rock Farm won a two year contract in the March Frequency Response Auction. Eelpower is an independent provider of flexible...