BasePower is proud to announce that the Symmetry Park energy centre at the Tritax logistics park in Biggleswade has been shortlisted for an industry award. The ADE awards recognise and celebrate the people and projects which have developed innovative decentralised energy solutions.
The new Symmetry Park Biggleswade faced significant development challenges. These included poor grid reliability and limited further grid capacity, as the distribution network is weak in this part of the country, and the site was forecast to need more power capacity in its early years than the local distribution network was able to provide.
BasePower created an energy strategy to provide resilient power to the occupiers at the logistics park who include Co-op, Solina, Noatum Logistics and Bond International, and a future pathway to net-zero carbon. The resulting energy centre, designed, procured and managed by BasePower which has been generating since January 2023, and provides a continuous and robust power supply with 99.9% uptime. The scheme is designed to provide the required capacity and resilience at the lowest possible environmental impact, giving the occupiers immediate access to onsite renewable generation via rooftop solar PV, and allowing future access to zero-carbon electricity as further grid capacity becomes available.
The award winners will be announced at the ADE’s annual gala dinner on 12 June. Find out more.
