IN BRIEF: EnergyPathways picks Jacobs as MESH project partner
EnergyPathways PLC - Worthing, UK-based energy company - Selects professional services firm Jacobs to provide planning, regulatory, consenting and environmental services for its proposed MESH Long Duration Energy Storage project in the Irish Sea and Barrow-in-Furness. Says this will include assistance in EnergyPathways' submission to Ofgem's forthcoming Long Duration Energy Storage Cap & Floor round, after which "the next key milestone" is formal confirmation of the project's eligibility. Says MESH is positioned to become the UK's largest LDES project at 300MW/55 GWh/100+ hours' duration. Expects its "bespoke" design to provide substantial 'total system benefits' to the UK's electricity grid. Jacobs will also develop a stakeholder engagement plan covering local council and regional government, a grid connection application, and other workstreams required for the Cap & Floor round and for a government development consent order submission. Read More