Media August 2014

Battery sold for first energy storage system

An installation example of Toshiba’s SCiBTM-based energy storage system.

An installation example of Toshiba’s SCiBTM-based energy storage system.

The battery for the UK’s first 2MW energy storage system will be supplied by Toshiba Corporation, the online pv-magazine reported on 27 June.

It will be installed in a primary substation and connected to an 11kW grid as part of Toshiba’s ongoing commitment to promoting such systems around the world.

The storage system project, to be located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, will allow testing at what Toshiba describes as realistic levels, to ascertain its technical and economic potential within the grid.