Statera Energy has submitted a planning application to South Oxfordshire District Council for a 500MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) at Culham Campus in Oxfordshire.
The facility will occupy 7 hectares of the 26.8 hectare site, with a further 16 hectares set aside to re-establish a registered park and garden. The new woodland and grassland habitats will provide a 50% uplift in biodiversity.
If consented, Statera’s Culham BESS is scheduled to connect to the Culham Substation in 2027, when it will be extended by the National Grid as part of a wider upgrade to electrical infrastructure at Culham Campus.
Oliver Troup, development lead at Statera Energy, said: “Aside from the national benefit short duration storage provides in a flexible grid system, Statera’s Culham BESS will support the expansion of Culham Campus, already home to 45 businesses and a leading centre for nuclear fusion. Finding sites that work for this type of scheme is very challenging. It’s even harder to find a site that directly benefits such a unique science and technology park.”
