A new UK-focused flexible power platform, Supernova Power, has been launched following the acquisition and merger of two businesses.
Private capital platform InfraVia has acquired a majority stake in Mercia Power Response and Balance Power Projects – with the merger of the two companies forming the flexible power platform.
Supernova Power will be scaled to provide a suite of capabilities across development, construction, operations, energy management and financing, allowing for the accelerated buildout of the existing portfolio of battery storage sites and further acquisitions across flexible power technologies.
It aims to deliver more than 2GW of capacity by 2035 and help address challenges around intermittent renewable energy generation in the UK.
Balance Power has delivered 39 projects across different energy technologies and currently has a pipeline of more than 1.4GW of battery storage assets across the UK while Mercia Power Response, majority owned by Foresight Group since 2015, currently operates a portfolio of 262MW gas peaking and battery storage sites and has a development portfolio of more than 400MW of battery storage sites.
Aymar de Tracy, Partner at InfraVia Capital Partners said: “The UK is a mature and sophisticated energy market providing attractive opportunities for investment where battery storage and gas peakers are essential to the stability of the grid and the transition to renewables over the long run.
“Mercia and Balance Power founders and management teams are key players in this market and we are pleased to partner with them to accelerate the build out of BESS and create a leading UK flexible generation platform.”
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