redT Energy , a UK - based energy storage company , has begun its trial of a 1 MWh pumped storage facility in 2015 . The pilot project will be the biggest containerised vanadium redox storage machine system in operation in the uk . The £ ##50 m ( $ 25 m ) installation forms part of a Local Energy Market trial from energy firm Centrica , testing how flexible energy generation and cooling can reduce grid pressure .
redT Energy, a UK-based energy storage firm, has begun its trial of a 1 MWh energy storage facility in Cornwall. The pilot project will be the biggest containerised vanadium redox flow machine system in operation in the UK. The £19m ($25m) installation forms part of a Local Energy Market trial from energy firm Centrica, testing how flexible energy generation and storage can reduce grid pressure.