Northern Ireland Water researches large-scale battery storage to support renewable expansion
Northern Ireland Water has taken further steps on its journey to become carbon neutral by 2050 by funding research into storage technology and taking delivery of its first electric vans.
The company has awarded backup power and energy storage specialist Continu funding to undertake a collaborative research project into the benefits of large-scale battery storage technology to store and use renewable energy.
Head of energy at Northern Ireland Water, Damien O’Mullan, said: “To provide green power for the increasing adoption of electric vehicles and to start to decarbonise heating for homes and places of work, Northern Ireland needs to double its renewable generating capacity in the next ten years.
“Northern Ireland Water has over 3,000 widely distributed grid connected sites, which have the potential to play a vital part in the deployment of large-scale batteries across the province. The key outcome for this exciting research project is to reduce usage and costs while maintaining reliability of supply at all times.”
The company is a major user of energy and the largest single purchaser of electricity in Northern Ireland. It has already invested significantly in renewable energy and the first electric vans have joined its fleet of some 600 light-commercial and heavy-goods vehicles.
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