- Location
- Shropshire
It’s £1200 per mw not per ac
Battery Storage worth it? £75,000 rent, 4 acres
- Thread starter famerjack345
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The offer was £75k a year for 25 years for 4 acres
It is 100% £75k per year. The developer offered me £55,000 to start with and I negotiated more. What were you offered?
No LOA signed yet. The developers said that the DNO needs to calculate the connection cost first which costs several thousands of pounds (the developer is paying this thankfully)
What is the benefit of a synchronous condenser and what sort of money do they yield per acre? The developer has not offered one of these ill see if they want to add it
- Location
- Shropshire
Is this even a discussion? It’s surely a no brainer!
4 acres for £75k
4 acres for £75k
- Location
- North yorks
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, we had a developer, last year with a scheme for solar plus battery. Which the developer said there was plenty of local grid capacity for, when it went to DNO all local spare capacity was gone. Think a few schemes in the pipeline locally and they have had deposits done on connection for some time
It is 100% £75k per year. The developer offered me £55,000 to start with and I negotiated more. What were you offered?
I’m looking into panels and possible battery storage and the proposed rent of battery storage is £400 a acre more. We’ve still to sit down and sign anything yet so we’re only just at the start of the process to be fair. I suppose my situation is a little different to yours if your only looking at a storage site.
I’m looking into panels and possible battery storage and the proposed rent of battery storage is £400 a acre more. We’ve still to sit down and sign anything yet so we’re only just at the start of the process to be fair. I suppose my situation is a little different to yours if your only looking at a storage site.
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
There is a huge difference between initial negotiations and getting a deal. The cost of the connection from the DNO can often be many million for anything large.
Locally the connection went something like 20 miles of upgrades and new cables.
The DNO will not quote until they see the figures then it will depend on how they feel that day
Locally the connection went something like 20 miles of upgrades and new cables.
The DNO will not quote until they see the figures then it will depend on how they feel that day
You know WPD too, then ....There is a huge difference between initial negotiations and getting a deal. The cost of the connection from the DNO can often be many million for anything large.
Locally the connection went something like 20 miles of upgrades and new cables.
The DNO will not quote until they see the figures then it will depend on how they feel that day
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
No it seems a standard feature across the DNOsYou know WPD too, then ....
you wait till you try and get metering going
Unusual, teh LoA is normally the first thing the Developer wants signed...
Just don't give them exclusive rights.
My sympathies...No it seems a standard feature across the DNOs
you wait till you try and get metering going
I don't have to deal directly with them, but have helped the DNO with access to Sub station and have heard of the..... "issues" that can occur.
I was on board with a venbture back in 2017/18 which subsequently fizzled, for a 80MW site, and they wanted to come onto the land and make a connection to the 132 cables. All agreed etc, and in the course of conversations, teh cost for a fairly simple connection then was circa £1.5m. This did not include the infrastructure below the pylons either!There is a huge difference between initial negotiations and getting a deal. The cost of the connection from the DNO can often be many million for anything large.
Locally the connection went something like 20 miles of upgrades and new cables.
The DNO will not quote until they see the figures then it will depend on how they feel that day
Now....figures of £3-4M being talked about for 50-60MW... Big bucks and as you say if upgrades in sub stations are required, or a long run to the grid connection, even more.
Its not a LOA (letter of Authority) you need to sign. They will want and you want an Option Agreement to enter into a formal lease should planning permission be granted. You have nothing until that is signed. Take legal advice the developer should pay for it
YELROM
Member
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Where do they normally site these battery storage sites
We have a field where the over head pylons finish and then goes under ground to the sub station
We have a field where the over head pylons finish and then goes under ground to the sub station
ollie989898
Member
Sorry, my typo. I mean £100 per MWh.
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As they found in the Challenger disaster as I recall. Mixing metric and imperial...
Bit like bloody seedsmen!! Kg/acres FFS!
Why shouldn't i give them exclusivity? Looking at the research ive done the offer is competitive.
Your call....