A second-round auction in the UK for grid stability services, including inertia, concluded without any wins for grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
The UK National Energy System Operator (NESO) awarded no contracts to battery storage projects in the Stability Market Round 2. This was despite an extensive pilot support scheme called Stability Pathfinder having already proven the technology’s capabilities in grid-forming and system stability.
In Stability Market Round 2, all BESS submissions failed at the technical assessment stage, while synchronous condensers and open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) took 7.3 GVAs of contracts, market intelligence and analytics firm Modo Energy said.
Some of the failed batteries are already operational with active NESO Stability Pathfinder contracts, added Modo Energy analyst Zachary Jennings, posting the company’s analysis on LinkedIn. https://www.energy-storage.news/uk-grid-forming-batteries-miss-out-in-system-stability-tender-as-synchronous-condensers-gas-get-contracts/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQU1LlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEepQTAvNnX9VCNfqXohztsgUN1oILSDjpcOvYLF7wNyVcCW00aYHURSd_MtIg_aem_Sk7v16DnBKchhH9rFDIBbg
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