November 24, 2024: UK battery energy storage developer, Field, has acquired a 200MW/800MWh battery storage project in the north-east of England, from Clearstone Energy.

The project becomes the latest addition to Field’s 11GW portfolio of battery storage projects in development and construction across Europe. 

Field Hartmoor can store up to 800MWh of electricity, enough to power 500,000 homes for four hours.

Since securing planning consent for Hartmoor in 2023, Clearstone Energy has worked with the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to bring the grid connection date for the project forward from 2033 to 2026, as part of NESO’s efforts to make the grid connection queue more efficient.

This was achieved following reforms led by the system operator to speed up grid connections for ready and needed projects, and means the scheme will contribute to meeting the UK government’s 2030 clean power target.

Field has an 11GW pipeline of energy storage assets across Europe, including 10 projects in the UK. Three of these — the 20MW/20MWh Oldham project, the 20MW/20MWh Gerrards Cross development and the 20MW/40MWh Newport project — operational, with a further seven UK projects totalling 450MW/1GWh in construction or pre-construction.

The sale will provide Clearstone with the cash to fund its 2.2-GW pipeline of eight large scale battery storage projects in the UK.

The first project in the pipeline, a 400MW/800MWh facility in Devon, southern England received planning consent in April 2024.