Live Projects
Opium Power’s 30 Megawatt Battery Energy Storage System at Taunton is one of the largest in the South West. This fully operational battery system represents a £12.5m investment by our partner South Somerset District Council, which is proud to support the proliferation of renewable energy generation and to reinforce and assist the Somerset power network.
The system has the capability to provide the latest Fast Acting Frequency Response service to the Grid. This entails reacting almost instantaneously to Grid demands for the import or export of it’s full power capacity (within milliseconds) whenever the balance of the distribution network frequency varies by just 0.1 Hz
Solar & Storage Live Award Winner 2022
Opium Power is proud to have won the award for Utility Scale Storage Project of the Year at the recent Solar & Storage Live Awards for their latest BESS project in Fareham, in partnership with South Somerset District Council. [...]
Hampshire – Phase 1 Goes Live
Opium Power is delighted to announce that Phase 1 of their Hampshire BESS project, in partnership with South Somerset District Council, is now live with Phase 2, currently in-build, planned to go live in May 2022. Now energised, this scheme [...]
Taunton 30MW Fully Operational
Opium Power and our funding partner South Somerset District Council have successfully completed this cutting edge scheme working with our market leading partners BSR Connect, BYD Batteries.Energised in March 2019 the Taunton scheme is the first of our planned 100 [...]
Somerset Council to boost battery storage capacity to 30MW
An additional 5MW development is being installed at the site near Taunton A battery energy storage system (BESS) owned by South Somerset District Council is to be boosted to 30MW. It is working with Opium Power and KiWi Power [...]
SSDC Announce 25MW Energy Storage facility
Innovative work which will see South Somerset District Council at the cutting-edge of renewable energy technology is being delivered. The Council, in partnership with Somerset-based Opium Power Limited, is creating a new 25MW Energy Storage facility near Taunton to [...]
In Build – 50MW
Opium Power is developing, funding and operating large scale battery storage projects connected directly to the UK's power distribution network. Adding to the UK battery infrastructure, Opium Power has 90 Megawatts now energised and operational. These batteries bring valuable flexibility to the grid, enabling it to harness increasing volumes of renewable generation, as well [...]
We continue to build lasting relationships with partners that have significant investment aspirations in this sector. We now have three new battery system projects totalling 150 Megawatts acquired, funded, and in build. These projects will be delivered and operational in Autumn 2021.
Identified Pipeline – 550MW
Opium Power has identified a portfolio of 600MW of Battery Storage projects for development in the next three years. We are currently talking with investment partners to fund the delivery of this significant portfolio. By April 2020, a total of 1000MW of Battery Storage was operational in the UK, but that figure is set [...]
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