Renewable Power Capital enters Europe’s storage market

29 November 2022


Renewable Power Capital, the pan-European renewable energy investment platform backed by CPP Investments, has entered the battery storage market in Great Britain, working with Eelpower, the UK specialist battery storage company. The new joint venture will acquire, build and operate utility-scale storage projects and is aiming to build up to 1GW of storage, with a current pipeline of 240 MW to be built over the next 24 months.

The battery storage will participate in wholesale electricity markets and provide ancillary services to National Grid, in support of the energy transition on the GB electricity system. Battery storage projects are unsubsidised, underscoring the JV partners’ approach to investing in projects without government subsidy as a long-term project owner. It is the first investment by RPC in the UK and follows its recent acquisition of a 528 MW onshore wind portfolio in Sweden.

The agreement with RPC is Eelpower’s third joint venture in the GB storage market within two years. In January 2021, it entered a JV with SUSI Partners and in September 2021 it announced a JV with Next Energy Solar Fund which was expanded in September 2022 and recently (31 October 2022) acquired the development rights of a 250 MW storage portfolio in the East of England.

Great Britain represents the largest utility scale battery storage market in Europe with 1.7 GW installed by the end of 2021. Forecasts predict growth to 10 GW by 2030, accompanied by continued growth in intermittent renewables penetration. Last month saw new records as wind generated 50% of the UK’s power over a day. Lithium-ion battery storage is the most flexible short duration storage technology currently available.


Image: Renewable Power Capital and Eelpower will construct and operate a pipeline of new build battery storage assets in the UK (courtesy of Eelpower)



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