Balance Power is developing a proposal for a battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated infrastructure on land at Radwell Bury Farm.

Welcome to our website. This will provide local residents and stakeholders with information regarding the new planning application for a battery storage facility on the on land at Radwell Bury Farm. We are keen to ensure that local residents and stakeholders are given the opportunity to express support for this energy project. We hope this provides you all the information you need. However, if you require further detail, please do contact our communications consultant CalComms, either through the feedback form or by getting in touch with the team by emailing us here. Additionally, you can call on 0203 813 5559.

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The application seeks to develop a battery energy storage system. The project has zero emissions and will be within acceptable noise limits agreed with North Hertfordshire Council. Furthermore, it will provide a landscaping/planting scheme to provide screening and biodiversity enhancement and will be used to assist the UK’s transition to zero-carbon energy.

The application site is situated off Newham Road, SG7 5ES. It lies in the eastern corner of the wider land parcel, with the administrative boundary of North Hertfordshire Council. It is situated 1.6km to the east of the settlement to Stotfold, and 2.4 north of Baldock.

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Balance Power are a leading independent developer of clean energy projects within the UK. One of our objectives is to work closely with local authorities to help them meet their renewable energy objectives and contribute towards the UK’s net zero ambitions by 2050.

Balance Power has considerable expertise in the development and delivery of energy projects and local distribution network infrastructure requirements

At Balance Power, we care about delivering projects that will help the transition to net zero by 2050. We are immensely proud of our experience in providing communities with a carbon free future

Thus far we have been engaged in over 30 specific energy projects nationwide and our ambitions are to deliver over 1.5GW of new clean and stored energy within the next few years.

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Battery storage is an increasingly vital tool to help the UK combat many environmental, geo-political, and economic challenges we presently face.

The storage facility uses proven technology to determine when to release the stored energy into the Grid. This would typically be at peak times, and when the natural environmental conditions reduce generation by wind, tidal and solar energy.

Battery storage also further reduces the UK’s reliance on foreign imported energy to meet any peak demand, such as that from potentially hostile states. This allows the UK to minimise its exposure to potentially less reliable overseas supplies. Crucially, by fully integrating battery storage into the network the National Grid estimates that a potential cost saving of over £40 billion could be made in the medium to long term. This will be an important contribution to delivering lower fuel and domestic energy bills. Find out more from our frequently asked questions page about battery energy storage systems.

In addition, our plans help in the following ways:

• Improving air quality by reducing the reliance on fossil fuel facilities to generate electricity.
• Providing a secure energy supply to the local network during times when renewable energy sources are inconsistent (sun not shining or wind not blowing).

Learn more using the links below:

National Grid - What is Battery Storage?

Grid Scale Battery Storage FAQs

Transitioning to a Net Zero energy system

Energy security bill factsheets defining electricity storage

The land at Radwell Bury Farm, a circa 6 acres site in Baldock, has been identified by Balance Power as an ideal location to deliver this project given its out of the greenbelt and located away from sensitive residential properties. The site when completed, will feed stored electricity into the local distribution network at peak and other determined times. We are proposing to develop a new battery storage facility, along with a landscaping scheme, suitable access, and drainage.

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Battery storage sites are becoming increasingly important in the fight against climate change, and also in delivering better energy security, and contributing towards keeping domestic energy bills down. By delivering this storage facility in Baldock we are helping the Council meet its own carbon emission reduction targets of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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