Camborne Energy Storage has announced it is installing the first grid-scale Tesla Powerpacks in Europe. The UK-based energy storage developer is co-locating the batteries with a ground-mounted solar photovoltaics (PV) site in ­Somerset.

The combined solar and battery installation has the capacity to provide power for more than 500 homes.

The Tesla Powerpacks, installed by EPC Poweri Services, recently arrived on site and have been produced specifically to integrate with the solar PV site, optimising the existing assets and providing ancillary services to National Grid.