Zenobē’s specialist high voltage engineering team worked with our supply chain partners to optimise not only the absorption of reactive power but also active power services that run concurrently. This innovative design, which included a direct connection onto the 275Kv bay, has enabled the stacking of multiple active power, capacity and voltage services to deliver the lowest cost to the consumer and to make a significant reduction in carbon emissions. Zenobē’s solution results in minimal impact on the environment and local community whilst also adding several habitat enhancements.

Zenobē won a nine year contract to deliver 40MVar of reactive power services in May 2020. This is the first time a battery has delivered this type of service anywhere in the world.

Later, we were the first to use the revision to England’s planning regime for generation assets to build a 100MW facility which is also Europe’s largest transmission connected battery.

The Capenhurst site will ensure security of power supply for the Mersey region with a reactive power service delivered at substantially lower cost to consumers. Over the next 15 years it is forecast to remove 1,343,676 tonnes of CO_2* compared to traditional sources. This project is a significant milestone towards enabling not only a zero carbon power system but also the delivery of UK’s Net Zero commitments.