Braidfield Energy Storage Project
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What is the project
- 100MW Energy Storage facility containerised Battery Storage
- The development would consist of containers containing batteries and associated equipment, an access track, electricity, meter building and fencing
- Stores excess energy from the grid
- Puts electricity back into the grid when required
- This helps balance the supply and demand for the grid
Who are ILI Group?
- Energy Storage Development Company
- Based in Hamilton, Lanarkshire
- Started in 2017
- Bringing 4.7GW of Energy Storage to Scotland
- Developing 3 Pumped Storage Hydro Projects 450MW +
- 2.2 GW of Battery Storage
Why is it needed?
- Scotland has a Target of Net Zero by 2045
- Renewable energy is intermittent, This means we can’t rely on it to meet demand
- Fossil fuel generators coal gas and nuclear make up the difference
- As these go off line we need to be able to meet that demand
- Energy storage lets us store renewable energy for when it is needed
- National Grid ESO have estimated we need up to 40GW of energy storage by 2050
- The Scottish Energy Strategy, published 2018, supports new energy storage capacity. It states that the Scottish Government will continue to support innovation and deployment in storage and to work to accelerate its penetration across Scotland.
Why in this Location?
- The land is located near the Windyhill GSP
- There is available capacity at the Grid Supply Point
- Across Scotland there are very few Grid Locations that can accept this level of power.
Location Plan
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The site is located at Braidfield Farm, Clydebank. The site is currently a horse paddock.
The closest house is Braidfield Farm itself at around 200 metres from the proposed plant, and then over 300m for other houses on Braidfield Road and the hotel (The Titan / Hungry Horse).
St Peter the Apostle High School lies around 200 metres away across the A82 Great Western Road and Singer Station is around 1.2km to the south west.
Site Layout
- Energy Storage Units
- Store Units
- Converters and Transformers
- New Planting (native broadleaves (trees and shrubs)
- Track
- Landscape bund
- Substation Enclosure
- Final layout subject to change
Project Visualisations
This Image shows where we have taken the photos from on the A82 Great Western Road, facing towards the project.
This baseline image shows the view as it is now from the A82 Great Western Rd.
This image shows a visualisation of what the project would look like at year 1.
This image shows a visualisation of what the project would look like at year 10.
Energy Storage Units
- Batteries, inverters, transformers and control equipment will be housed in steel containers of 13 metres by 2.5 metres by 2.6 metres high.
- Lithium battery technology would be used, as successfully employed on many other sites in the UK and worldwide.
Converters & Transfomers
- Transformers and converters are placed between the energy storage units
- The power converters are around 1.6 by 1.4 metres, by 2.6 metres tall, and transformers are around 2.7 by 2.5 metres, by 2.8 metres tall.
- The final equipment and size may vary slightly from that shown.
Substation
- A site substation is proposed to house switchgear, electricity metering and control equipment and health & safety equipment.
Fencing and Landscaping
- A 3m high fence would be built around the battery site.
- Landscape bund and tree planting would screen the project.
- 2m high perimeter fence
Transmisson Transformer and Switchgear
- An onsite transmission transformer and switchgear steps the voltage up to be connected to electricity network.
