EDF Renewables’ Battery Storage Powering Clean Energy Future

Battery storage is crucial to net zero ambitions thanks to its ability to enable the integration of renewable energy into the grid. By storing excess power produced during peak production periods, battery storage allows for this abundant power to be released when demand is high. 

This in turn ensures the stable, reliable supply of clean energy.

EDF Renewables says that the UK and Ireland needs more than 25GW of battery storage by 2050 to support its net zero goals. 

The company, a subsidiary of French multinational utility EDF, is growing its own fleet of battery storage facilities across the UK, adding 300MW of capacity with six new battery projects, all set to go live within the next year.

EDF Renewables: Battery storage key to reaching net zero goals

Simone Sullivan, Head of Storage at EDF Renewables UK said: “Our upcoming project pipeline will strengthen the UK’s capacity to integrate more renewables and will allow the grid to be more flexible and resilient by managing electricity supply and demand.

“Battery storage is critical to enhancing our energy security and to achieving the new government’s 2030 targets. We have a strong momentum behind our projects, helping the UK to reap the benefits of cost-effective, clean renewable energy and a modern, flexible grid.” 

Not only does the prospect of six new projects mark a milestone in battery storage development in pursuit of the energy transition and grid decarbonisation goals, but the projects boast capacity equivalent to powering more than 400,000 homes for two hours.

Four of the six projects have been named, with a further two still undisclosed.

This, EDF believes, underscores the critical role of energy storage in the future of the UK's electricity system.

Once this projected infrastructure is up and running, EDF Renewables’ portfolio will have tripled in size — in the UK, EDF Renewables has more than of battery energy storage systems already in operation.

The brand plans to deliver up to 2GW of transmission-connected battery storage, with more than 400MW consented and a further 313MW already in construction.  

Battery storage allows for flexible renewable energy capacity 

“As well as storing power generated by renewable sources, batteries improve the resilience of the electricity system,” EDF Renewables said. “By storing energy from renewable sources, which can then be used when it’s most needed, the electricity system operates more efficiently, reducing the risk of blackouts.”

This plays into the UK’s push towards a zero-carbon grid, which EDF Renewables prefaces as a monumental task. Getting to this point requires unprecedented levels of investment in renewable energy as well as the infrastructure — like battery storage — needed to support it. 

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