Europe’s largest battery site will be powered by Kraken Technologies, that now controls and dispatches half of the UK’s grid-scale batteries. EDF Energy to trade power from 400MWh blackhillock site in Scotland zenobē’s battery system expected to reduce consumer bills by £170 million over 15 years.
EDF Energy will trade energy from the 200MW / 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Blackhillock, Scotland. The site is owned by Zenobē, a specialist in electric fleet solutions and grid-scale battery storage.
This groundbreaking project of largest battery marks a major milestone for Kraken, which now manages 50% of the UK’s grid-scale batteries, with an additional 4.2GW under contract.
Kraken’s platform will facilitate EDF’s energy trading by overseeing the control and dispatch of power.
Leveraging advanced machine learning, Kraken maximizes the utilization of solar and wind energy, accelerating the transition to a cost-effective and reliable renewable energy system. Additionally, the platform provides real-time alerts and data analytics for battery storage sites.
The project aims to address stability challenges arising from intermittent renewable generation in a cost-efficient manner. By next year, the facility will expand to 300MW—sufficient to power 3.1 million homes, exceeding the total number of households in Scotland. This expansion is projected to reduce consumer bills by £170 million and cut 3.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the next 15 years.
Charlotte Johnson, General Manager of Infrastructure Flex at Kraken, stated: “Grid-scale batteries are a fundamental component of the renewable energy system of the future. We are working with outstanding partners like EDF and Zenobē to transform the grid, harnessing the lowest-cost energy—wind and solar—while driving down costs for consumers.”
James Basden, Co-Founder and Director of Zenobē, commented: “Today marks a pivotal moment in the UK’s clean energy journey, with Zenobē adding over 30% to Scotland’s operational battery storage capacity. Battery energy storage plays a crucial role in our transition to renewables. Integrated with Kraken’s innovative platform, Blackhillock will be Europe’s largest and most technologically advanced battery. It will also be the world’s first battery connected to the transmission grid to provide Stability Services, a critical solution for enabling rapid, large-scale renewable energy integration.”
