Pulse powers up 30MW battery storage project at former scrapyard

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Pulse Clean Energy

Lancashire project capable of powering more than 65,000 homes for an hour, while preventing 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year

Pulse Clean Energy today has today announced its 30MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at Charnock Richard in Lancashire is now operational. The brownfield site, which was previously a scrapyard,...

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