IN Brief:
- Voltaria has moved its Bankside battery project in Falkirk into construction with Rolls-Royce as EPC contractor.
- The scheme is designed at 43 MW and 86 MWh using mtu EnergyPack technology, with grid connection targeted for 2026.
- Rolls-Royce will also provide a 15-year service agreement, extending the package beyond initial delivery.
Voltaria has advanced its Bankside battery storage project in Falkirk into construction, with Rolls-Royce contracted to deliver the site as an engineering, procurement, and construction package. The project is designed at 43 MW and 86 MWh, and is due to connect to the grid in 2026 before entering operation in 2027.
The battery will use Rolls-Royce’s mtu EnergyPack platform, and the contractor is also set to provide long-term support through a 15-year service agreement. That combination of EPC delivery and lifecycle cover is becoming standard for larger storage projects where availability, augmentation planning, and control performance now sit much closer to the commercial core of the asset than they did in earlier build cycles.
Voltaria has identified Bankside as its lead project in a wider UK battery programme, and the company’s project page places commissioning in the fourth quarter of 2026. Once in service, the Falkirk system is intended to absorb electricity during periods of high renewable output and return it during higher demand, while also easing curtailment pressure on wind-heavy generation in Scotland.
The project is also notable as Rolls-Royce’s first large battery energy storage scheme in the UK. That gives it a second role as a marker of how international power systems suppliers are deepening their position in the British storage market, not only through component supply, but through full delivery, controls integration, and service-backed operation.
