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Renewables & Energy · Battery storage

Whitebirk BESS

Whitebirk is Field’s grid-scale battery near Blackburn in Lancashire.[1]

Current position

Field announced on 13 March 2026 that Whitebirk had entered commercial operation following energisation at the beginning of March.

Benefits

  • The battery has 25 MW of power capacity and stores 50 MWh of energy. It uses Field’s Gaia platform to optimise charging and discharging.
Sources
  1. field.energy ↗
  2. field.energy ↗
  3. renewablesnow.com ↗