Flexitricity & Gore Street Capital: 155MW Battery Deal

Edinburgh-based flexible energy specialist Flexitricity and Gore Street Capital, the manager of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, London’s first listed energy storage fund supporting the transition to low carbon power, have entered into an optimization partnership for an initial 155MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS). The agreement covers six sites and extends the partnership that Flexitricity and Gore Street Capital have established in recent years.

The lithium-ion BESS sites will be monitored and dynamically optimized from Flexitricity’s 24/7 control room in Edinburgh. The assets will operate across multiple markets, including frequency response, wholesale traded power, the Balancing Mechanism, and emerging flexibility services. 

Flexitricity pioneered the demand side response industry in Great Britain over thirteen years ago and has added a host of grid-scale and behind-the-meter battery storage projects to its ‘virtual power plant’ platform which aggregates multiple sites to provide valuable services to both customers and the grid network. Flexitricity’s contracted flexible asset portfolio is now over 800MW in capacity, including 14 battery storage sites totaling 320MW. 

Gore Street Capital is the Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund PLC (“GSF”), London’s first listed energy storage fund. Launched in 2018, GSF has grown tenfold since, as the need for grid balancing mechanisms has increased exponentially, alongside the demand from investors to access this increasingly important area of energy transition infrastructure. GSF’s international portfolio of assets includes battery storage projects across the UK, Ireland, North America, and Western Europe. 

Andy Lowe, CEO at Flexitricity, said: “We are delighted to have extended our partnership with Gore Street Capital. Energy storage has a vital role to play in helping the UK transition to Net Zero and rapidly decarbonize the power sector. Gore Street and Flexitricity have been early innovators in the emerging storage industry which is set to achieve extraordinary growth in the coming years. 

“The markets and services which energy storage can uniquely serve are going through significant and necessary change. We see great opportunities ahead for these flexible assets and the contribution they make to supporting the UK grid and enabling the increased build-out of carbon-free renewables to deliver on the UK’s Net Zero ambition.” 

Alex O’Cinneide, CEO at Gore Street Capital, said: “As a leading provider of flexible assets’ optimization services, we have been very pleased with Flexitricity’s work to date and are delighted that we are able to continue our partnership with this 155MW optimization deal.  

“The transition to a low carbon economy is one of the most important challenges of our generation and would simply not be achievable without valuable partnerships as well as the products and services provided by companies such as Gore Street and Flexitricity.”

About Flexitricity

Flexitricity created and now operates the first, largest, and most advanced demand response portfolio in Great Britain and has unsurpassed knowledge of the market and its requirements. 

Headquartered in Edinburgh, Flexitricity partners with businesses throughout Great Britain to provide reserve electricity to National Grid. The word “Flexitricity” means “Flexible Electricity”. The company looks for flexibility in electricity consumption and generation, creating revenue for energy users and generators as well as reducing national CO2 emissions and helping to secure energy supplies. 

Our team is fully engaged at industry and regulatory levels and has a track record that demonstrates innovation and delivery success. 

Flexitricity is a wholly-owned portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and operational asset management in the US, UK, and Australia. 

About Gore Street Capital

Gore Street Capital is a platform for the acquisition and management of renewable energy assets globally. Gore Street is comprised of a team of investment principals with significant investment and operating experience in global renewable energy businesses and projects.