Battery Box partners with Suffolk County Council to construct three Battery Box Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), with more to follow later this year.
The distributed energy storage business, Battery Box has announced a partnership with Suffolk County Council that will see it construct, own, and operate three Battery Box BESS at sites owned by Suffolk County Council. Further sites are expected to follow later this year with Battery Box making an investment of more than £3 million into Suffolks estate and the county’s electrical network.

Suffolk County Council declared a Climate Emergency in 2019 and aspires to reach Net Zero by 2030. Battery Box will support them in that mission. It will benefit from a long-term index rental income, and each Battery Box will save around 160 tonnes of carbon per year. That is almost 15,000 tons of carbon over the life of these initial 3 schemes.

How does Battery Box work?

Battery Box is a compact energy storage solution. It stores excess renewable energy when it’s sunny and windy, and exports it back to the electricity network when it’s not. The device provides renewable back-up for local energy networks, reducing the risk of localised power cuts and facilitating other low carbon technologies. Needing just 24m2 of land, Battery Box is ideal for unused or underutilised spaces that are unsuitable for development.
For landlords it also generates new long term rental income.

Councillor Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Communities and Equality said:

“We’re pleased to be one of the first councils to embrace this innovative way to capture excess energy at scale, and send it back to the grid. In return for offering up very small pieces of land to house the battery boxes, we are helping to strengthen our local electricity network. It’s another way that we are helping to protect and enhance our environment, by investing in low carbon energy”