How it works
There is a need to find ways to store energy, typically at night when demand is slack, smoothing out the peaks and troughs of supply and demand. Trent Basin’s distribution system will be connected to the grid. This means that in addition to being able to store energy generated from local renewable sources, the community battery can also be used to provide services to benefit the national grid, such as feeding energy into the grid to meet demand at peaks times. Solar photovoltaics will generate clean renewable energy on site for storage, distribution and use.
The Partnership
The project involves a consortium of partners. In addition to the Energy Research Accelerator, other partners include Innovate UK’s Project SCENe, Blueprint, the University of Nottingham, Loughborough University, AT Kearney, SmartKlub, Siemens, URBED, Slam Jam, Sticky World, Solar Ready. The project is also supported by Nottingham City Council.