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Tesla AI-powered battery facility opens in East Yorkshire, Europe’s largest

Published 23/11/2022, 09:52
Updated 23/11/2022, 10:41
© Reuters.  Tesla AI-powered battery facility opens in East Yorkshire, Europe’s largest

© Reuters. Tesla AI-powered battery facility opens in East Yorkshire, Europe’s largest

Proactive Investors - Europe’s largest battery facility has opened in East Yorkshire, offering backup power from renewable energy sources to up to 300,000 homes.

The Pillswood battery energy storage system in Cottingham went online on Monday, a month ahead of schedule due to concerns about electricity shortages for UK households this winter.

The system, operated by Harmony Energy, uses Tesla Inc's AI software to configure the supply of energy to the demands of the grid.

“Battery energy storage systems offer the ability to stabilise and balance the outflow of electricity from renewable sources, and ensure it is used more effectively,” Harmony Energy stated on its website. “They are the key to a flexible energy system that can respond instantaneously to changes in supply and demand.”

The facility has a capacity of 196MWh, allowing it to power up to 300,000 homes for two hours.

Pushing the opening forward could potentially help meet the increased energy demand over the colder months.

“The completion and energisation of the Pillswood scheme, the largest of its kind in Europe by energy capacity, is a significant milestone for Harmony Energy Income Trust, being the first of six similar projects the Trust intends to deliver in the coming year,” said Harmony Energy director Peter Kavanagh in a statement.

“All stakeholders have recognised the importance of achieving energisation for this project ahead of winter, and we would like to thank Tesla, G2 Energy and Northern Powergrid for their efforts in delivering the project ahead of schedule despite a very challenging geopolitical and global supply chain environment," he added.

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