GE (www.ge.com) has formed a ‘strategic alliance’ with Arenko Group (www.arenko.group) to build grid-scale energy storage projects in the UK.

The partners will combine GE’s battery technology, power electronics and control systems with Arenko’s experience in operating storage projects.

The latter has invested in a 41MW battery energy storage system supplied by GE in the Midlands, big enough to supply on-demand power to around 100,000 homes, as well as providing frequency response and other support services to the grid.

The project will be operational later this year, integrating GE and Arenko’s control technologies and operated using the latter’s energy-trading software.