Drakelow BESS
Addressing environmental and community concerns
Meticulous sub-consultant coordination
Robust technical evidence and proactive stakeholder engagement
The application was located within the National Forest area and nearby to a large, planned residential development. The proposed BESS development was planned to connect in to the nearby Drakelow Substation adjacent to the Drakelow Power Station which had itself been subject to numerous proposals for redevelopment and modernization. The site had also been subject to a refused planning application for a gas peaking plant in recent years and therefore it was essential that the Council understood how the proposed BESS would align with green regeneration of the wider site area.
CHALLENGE
SOLUTION
Use carefully vetted evidence base and commercially acceptable mitigation.
LESSONS LEARNED
Constraints driven site selection from the outset is key to success with BESS schemes.