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Statkraft is at the heart of the UK’s energy transition. Since 2006, Statkraft has gone from strength to strength in the UK, building experience across wind, solar, hydro, storage, grid stability, EV charging, green hydrogen and a thriving markets business.

Statkraft is a global company in energy market operations, with more than 7,000 employees in over 20 countries. We’ve invested over £1.8 billion in the UK's renewable energy infrastructure and facilitated over 4.5 GW of new-build renewable energy generation through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). 

Across our UK businesses we employ more than 550 staff in England, Scotland and Wales.

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Statkraft’s Greener Grid Parks are facilities where various services are provided to the national grid to enable higher utilisation of new renewable energy sources, which are vital to decarbonisation of our energy system, and reaching Net Zero carbon emissions in the UK by 2050. 

Our grid network needs to keep up with the rapid progress renewables has made in the UK. Sometimes National Grid, as the electricity system operator, has been forced to shut down wind farms and run gas power stations to keep the system stable. More projects like this one at Richborough will mean that running gas powered stations will become a thing of the past.

Great Britain operates the fastest decarbonising electricity system in the world. Our Greener Grid Parks deliver a solution to the engineering challenge of removing fossil fuels from the UK's energy supply and maximising the amount of renewable energy that can be distributed through the grid.

This helps protect the environment whilst also reducing costs to consumers.

Yes. Our first Greener Grid Park went into operation a few years ago in Keith, Moray, followed by  our second Greener Grid Park at Lister Drive, Liverpool. We also operate two battery projects in Ireland as well as operating several projects in the Netherlands and Germany.

We anticipate the construction phase will last approximately 12-18 months.

Greener Grid Parks stabilise the grid without using fossil fuels – this reduces our environmental impact and saves consumers money. In addition, we are pleased to be able to offer a fund of £20,000 per year for the benefit of the local community, you can find out more here. There is also a significant investment during construction and we are proud of our approach to using local suppliers.

National Grid spend millions per year stabilising the grid by turning fossil fuel plants on, but with this technology at Richborough, we can save consumers money whilst supporting National Grid’s targets. The system operator, NGESO, state that their Stability Phase 1 Pathfinder Tender would save consumers up to £128m. You can find out more about the need for grid stability services on the National Grid ESO website.

With Greener Grid Parks providing grid stability, this reduces the need to turn on fossil fuel power stations.

If you have an idea for any other benefits the development could potentially deliver we would be happy to discuss this further with you.

Yes. We have a registration link on this website for local suppliers, so please complete that if you are a local business and interested in the project, or would like to recommend one.  

We will work with groups such as the Chamber of Commerce to maximise opportunities for local suppliers.