UK energy supplier EDF partners with Fidra Energy to manage two battery storage units

LONDON (Reuters) -British energy supplier EDF said on Thursday it has partnered with Fidra Energy to manage and optimise two battery storage units at a site in Yorkshire which will provide 560 megawatts of storage capacity by 2027.

Built by Fidra Energy on the site of a former coal power station and next to a major National Grid substation, the whole site will be able to power up to 785,000 homes at peak times when it is completed.

(Reporting by Nina Chestney)

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