Plans for battery boxes off three Spalding roads
Plans to create three energy storage systems in town locations have been submitted.
Applicant AMP Clean Energy want to site three 200kw battery boxes in Spalding, on land off Roman Bank and Parkside Crescent, plus on land where Holbeach Road meets Queens Road.
An ESS imports electricity from the local network when supply is low and stores it for use at times when demand is high or productivity is low, to ensure a steady flow of power is available.
“The UK’s electricity system was traditionally dominated by a small number of large power stations fuelled by fossil fuel (namely coal and natural gas),” the AMP’s planning statement, which has been submitted to South Holland District Council, states.
“However, the system is now becoming increasingly supplied by intermittent sources of renewable energy such as wind and solar power.
“Renewable power generation does not always match when the demand for electricity is highest.
“To overcome this, we need a more flexible energy system that allows to shift renewable energy to the periods of the day when the demand for power is at its greatest.”
The statement added that battery boxes - which would be fenced off from public view - can ‘prevent the need to turn on fossil fuel generators’ as well as reducing ‘the cost for bill payers and also the inconvenience of road works and building works associated with replacing electricity cables and substations’.
The planning statement says the sites have been specifically chosen because ‘suitable available land for energy development is not easy to find’.
“A suitable site must be within 50m of an existing substation or a large three phase low voltage cable to allow for a viable electrical connection,” it added.
“Sites must also have available space and a landowner who is prepared to host a battery box.”
Plans for an ESS on a 33-acre site at nearby Bicker Fen were recently put to Boston Borough Council.
AMP suggest that, if passed, the construction of each battery box would take around four weeks.
