A hotel in Edinburgh has become the first battery in the UK-powered.
Gyle Premier Inn in Edinburgh Park has already installed five
Ton battery, will be charged from the State Grid during shutdown
Peak cycle and power of 200
A few hours a day.
Lithium-ion batteries are expected to save the hotel £ 20,000 per year on energy costs and be able to power the entire venue, including the restaurant, after two hours, up to three hours at a timehour charge.
Whitbread, the parent company of Premier Inn, said the test of battery storage technology will help it reduce its carbon emissions by half by 2025.
Cian Hatton, director of energy and environment at Whitbread, said: "batteries are of course daily necessities, and more often they power small household items such as TV remotes, so it's very exciting to launch the first battery in the UK.
Powered hotel-this innovation will save money, secure supply and support the transition to a more flexible grid.
The hotel chain has joined companies including B & Q and Veolia, both of which have lithium-
Ion battery power system in 2018.
E Power Company
ON has supplied and installed the technology at the hotel and will remotely manage the workload and efficiency of the battery from Glasgow's energy management center.
E Richard Oakley, client director
"Gyle at Edinburgh Park is already an energy-efficient hotel, thanks to the remote monitoring and management of its systems at our control center in Glasgow," said ON.
By increasing the flexibility of battery storage, we can also help Whitbread upgrade to the full-
When the price is low, the board option to extract power from the grid, store that energy for peak use, and have the ability to sell it back to the grid to help balance supply and demand on the network.
The Premier Inn shows how hotel chains and large power users can further save money, reduce their carbon footprint and support the development of lower-carbon hotels.
The UK's carbon and smart energy grid.