{"id":1160,"date":"2026-01-20T01:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:17:45","slug":"statera-energy-secures-approval-for-4-gwh-eight-hour-battery-eligible-for-ldes-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/statera-energy-secures-approval-for-4-gwh-eight-hour-battery-eligible-for-ldes-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Statera Energy secures approval for 4 GWh, eight-hour battery eligible for LDES in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-19.png 1024w, https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-19-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-19-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UK-based energy developer Statera Energy announced over the weekend that is has received planning consent for the 500 MW \/ 4 GWh Sundon Storage battery energy storage system (BESS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sundon Storage project was given approval the Central Bedfordshire planning committee, being developed close to the existing Sundon National Grid substation. The project is one of 77 currently under consideration as part of the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) scheme and, if successful, will be deployed as a minimum 8-hour system, making it one of the UK\u2019s largest battery storage projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company didn\u2019t provide a direct timeline towards operation, noting in its announcement, construction of Sundon Storage is expected to begin \u201clater this decade,\u201d with the site \u201cfully operational by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key factor for the project as a minimum eight-hour system is that it becomes eligible for the UK\u2019s long duration energy storage (LDES) cap and floor scheme, and Statera Energy pointed out that it is indeed one of 77 projects currently in the assessment stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sundon Storage is expected to start construction later in the current decade and to be fully operational by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliver Troup, Development Lead at Statera Energy, said: \u201cSecuring planning for Sundon is a significant milestone for the project and reflects the extensive work undertaken with local stakeholders and the planning authority. Sundon is particularly exciting as it can store energy for a minimum of 8-hours and is part of Ofgem\u2019s LDES allocation scheme. Large-scale battery storage like this helps manage variability in generation and demand, and we\u2019re proud to be progressing another project that supports the UK\u2019s energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statera already owns and operates one of the UK\u2019s largest batteries with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ess-news.com\/2025\/08\/18\/statera-energy-powers-up-uks-largest-battery-at-300-mw-thurrock-storage\/\">300 MW \/ 600 MWh Thurrock System<\/a>, and it also recently acquired a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ess-news.com\/2025\/01\/10\/statera-acquires-1360-mwh-battery-project-in-north-west-england\/\">1360 MWh battery project<\/a>&nbsp;in an area close to Manchester in England, which is expected to be energized this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK-based energy developer Statera Energy announced over the weekend that is has received planning consent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","category-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.esplaza.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}