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| Creag Bhan, Isle of Gigha |
Energy Cooperatives Ireland (ECI) reports that Irish renewable energy storage company RedT has acquiried a £3.5M grant from the UK Department of Energy (DECC) to develop a utility scale energy storage system on the Scottish Island of Gigha.
The Gigha project will involve the installation of a 100KW/1.26 MWH RedT vanadium redox battery (VRB) system which will enable the island’s community to maximize the benefits of renewable energy supplied by its wind turbines. This utility scale system will be a valuable proving ground for the technology at the utility scale which could provide the most viable solution to the renewable energy intermittency issue.