Harmony Energy welcomes local students to giant East Yorkshire battery storage site

Harmony Energy Income Trust has welcomed a cohort of University of Hull students to its Pillswood Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), in Cottingham, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Michael Crossland
By Michael Crossland
Published 14th Apr 2023, 06:00 BST

Accompanied by Simon Waldman, lecturer in Renewable Energy and programme director for MSc Renewable Energy at the University, the group met with operations director Alex Thornton to discuss the delivery of projects such as Harmony’s BESS site.

Mr Thornton talked to students about what it is like to plan, develop and deliver a project of this scale and nature, as well as potential careers in renewable energy,

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Harmony Energy’s CEO and investment director of Harmony Energy Income Trust, Peter Kavanagh, said: “Alex and the team were delighted to welcome the students and Simon too, to see for themselves the project that has been created on their doorstep.

Students from the University of Hull, along with Simon Waldman, lecturer in Renewable Energy and Programme Director for MSc Renewable Energy at the University, met with Harmony Energy’s Operation’s Director, Alex Thornton.Students from the University of Hull, along with Simon Waldman, lecturer in Renewable Energy and Programme Director for MSc Renewable Energy at the University, met with Harmony Energy’s Operation’s Director, Alex Thornton.
Students from the University of Hull, along with Simon Waldman, lecturer in Renewable Energy and Programme Director for MSc Renewable Energy at the University, met with Harmony Energy’s Operation’s Director, Alex Thornton.

“Pillswood BESS, which employs Tesla Megapack technology and is Europe’s largest in terms of megawatts per hour, has the capacity to store up to 196 MWh (megawatt hours) of electricity in a single cycle - enough electricity to power around 300,000 UK homes for two hours – so in terms of size and scale, there isn’t a better project for them to have visited or learn about

The group, currently on an MSc Renewable Energy programme, are postgraduate students completing a masters in renewables.

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