Black & Veatch, a Glasgow based energy, procurement and engineering company has been appointed by Matrix Renewables as Owner’s Engineer for a major Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) site in Eccles, Scotland. The facility is projected to deliver a capacity of 500MW/1GWh, enough energy to power approximately 100,000 homes, reinforcing grid stability and enhancing energy security for the UK.

Situated along major transmission corridors between Scotland and England, the Eccles project represents Matrix Renewables’ first entry into the UK market. By harnessing advanced battery storage technology, the site will provide critical flexibility to the national grid, ensuring renewable energy can be stored and dispatched when needed most.

As owner’s engineer, Black & Veatch will provide comprehensive technical support throughout project execution. This includes EPC design review, construction monitoring, commissioning supervision and oversight of initial operations. Their role is pivotal in supporting the plant to operate safely in compliance with permits, and to ensure performance requirements are met.

Black & Veatch’s EMEA managing director, Rafael E Frias III commented: “For more than one hundred years, Black & Veatch has stood at the forefront of providing human critical infrastructure in more than 100 countries. By applying our global experience in battery storage to the Eccles project, we’ll help Matrix deliver energy resilience and create reliable storage infrastructure for the UK grid. Black & Veatch will leverage our EPC expertise, local knowledge and skilled leadership to execute this project to the highest quality and standards of safety.”

The Eccles project directly supports the UK Government’s net zero strategy, ensuring renewable energy can be reliably integrated into the grid while contributing to the UK Government’s current ambition to increase resilience in the grid, with a resilience strategy due to be published next year.

Black & Veatch brings decades of expertise in delivering complex energy infrastructure worldwide. With a vision rooted in innovation and sustainability, the company has established itself as a trusted partner in advancing grid-scale storage, renewable integration and resilient energy systems.

Specifically in battery energy storage, Black & Veatch has extensive experience having supported the delivery and implementation of multiple projects globally, totalling 8.9GWh as EPC and 74GWh as owner’s engineer.

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