Carlton Power has been given the go ahead to develop the world’s largest battery plant in Trafford, Greater Manchester.
The £750m project, which will be built at the Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park, will have capacity to store around two gigawatt-hours of energy – enough to supply some 500,000 homes for two hours.
Talks are already under way to finance the development, which is expected to be operational by 2025.
Carlton Power also has planning consent for a 200-megawatt green hydrogen scheme at the site.
The Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park is being developed on the site of the former Carrington coal-fired power station, which was decommissioned in 1991. Carlton Power acquired the site in 2008 to redevelop it for new energy projects.
