Envision Energy to Provide BESS Solutions for UK's Field

China’s Envision Energy has secured an agreement to supply its hardware and equipment for the 50-MWh Field Whitebirk battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Blackburn, England.

The project is sponsored by UK grid-scale BESS developer Field.

The Chinese renewable energy solutions provider said it was awarded the supply contract following a competitive tender process aimed at identifying a scalable, strategic partner. The new agreement also supports Envision Energy’s goal of growing its energy storage division and the BESS deployment in the UK and mainland Europe.

Envision Energy will deliver the technology required to build the BESS onsite, the company said. Once in operation, the Field Whitebirk system will participate in the capacity market.

"Envision Energy's product and expertise helped them progress swiftly through a thorough, competitive tender process and we're pleased to be working with them on Field Whitebirk,” said Ben Saward, Vice President for Supply Chain and Procurement at Field.

“When operational, the site will join our network of UK battery storage sites in balancing increasingly intermittent energy supplies across the grid to bolster energy security, bring down costs to consumers and decarbonise the power sector by 2030," Saward added.