Aura Power are developing a 100MW battery storage site at Newburn Bridge Road, Blaydon. The site is located on brownfield land, on an industrial estate close to one of Northern Powergrid's electricity substation.
Battery storage systems, such as this, play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of our electricity network with much needed increases in renewable energy sources. Batteries store excess energy at times of low demand i.e. from a solar farm on a sunny day, and discharge the energy back into the grid when it is needed the most.
The planning application was submitted to Gateshead Council in August 2021 and is due to be determined very soon.
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