Energy Storage News•about 9 hours ago
UK: Grid-forming batteries miss out in system stability tender as synchronous condensers, gas get contracts
- •Grid-forming battery energy storage systems (BESS) failed to secure any contracts in the UK's second-round auction for grid stability services, specifically inertia.
- •Contracts for these critical grid stability services were awarded to traditional solutions: synchronous condensers and gas-fired generation.
- •This outcome suggests that current tender designs or valuation mechanisms in the UK may not adequately compensate or recognize the full value proposition of grid-forming BESS for inertia services, or that BESS bids were not competitive.
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