Published: 18 Dec 2020, 06:00
By:
Alice Grundy
THe Lumcloon battery storage project, with the Derrycarney 110kV substation next to it. Image: Lumcloon Energy.
A 100MW battery storage facility in Co. Offaly in Ireland has this week been energised, having been developed as part of a partnership between local developer Lumcloon Energy and South Korea s Hanwha Group.
Writing on social media site LinkedIn, Irish network operator ESB Networks said it had enabled the connection and energisation of the project – situated in the Lumcloon townland - on behalf of Lumcloon Energy, describing it as a “great achievement for battery storage” in Ireland.
The project was first announced in 2018, with another 100MW project at Shannonbridge also unveiled. Together, the two battery energy storage systems (BESS) were set to involve a €150 million (£135 million) combined investment, creating 240 jobs during construction and 10 subsequent to the systems going into operation
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