Chrisswell Energy Storage Project

LIVE MEETINGS
8th June 3pm-7pm

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We are looking to engage with the local community and as part of our pre-application consultation we are holding a live events on the Tuesday 8th of June - 3pm-7pm. These will enable people to find out more about the proposal and to provide us with their views. We will be hosting an online live presentation where viewers will be able to ask questions live through the website and provide comments by filling out an online comment form.

Comments and feedback should be made by the 18th of June 2021. Please use the form below or write to Grieg Templeton, Planning Project Manager via email: gt@ili-energy.com or by post to ILI Group, 33 Bothwell Road, Hamilton ML3 OAS.

Comments made to ILI Group are not formal representations to Inverclyde Council, if we submit a planning application there will be an opportunity to make formal representations on the application to Inverclyde Council.
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What is the project

  • 49.9MW 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 3GW of Energy Storage to Scotland
  • Developing 3 Pumped Storage Hydro Projects 450MW +
  • 1GW 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 37GW 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 Spango Valley 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

  • The site is a rough grazing field beside the A78 Inverkip Road dual carriageway.
  • Around 2km from Inverkip and 2km from Braeside at the edge of Greenock.
  • The location is beside the former IBM site.
  • The closest houses are at Dunrod Farm to the south and Wellyard to the north, each over 300 metres away.

Site Layout

  • 54 Energy Storage Units
  • 15 Transformers and Converters
  • The existing hedgerows will be retained and a belt of new planting of native trees is proposed along the roadside to screen the development, to be planted as large specimens 1.5 to 2m tall
  • 3m Wooden Fencing
  • Track
  • Substation Enclosure
  • Stock fence

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.
  • Solid state lithium batteries. would be used, as successfully employed on many other sites in the UK and worldwide.

Substation

  • A small site substation is proposed to house Scottish Hydro switchgear, site switchgear, electricity metering and control equipment and health & safety equipment.
  • This would be a prefabricated GRP building up to 10 metres by 6 metres by 3.2 metres high. The colour would be agreed with Inverclyde Council.

Fencing

  • A 3m high wooden fence of 12kg/m2 would be built around the battery site.
  • A 1.2m post and wire stock fence would be built outside of that

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Chrisswell Energy Storage Project

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