The UK’s first battery-powered hotel is now operational in Scotland.
The Gyle Premier Inn in Edinburgh is trialling a new 100kW lithium-ion battery supplied and installed by E.ON at its 200-room site in a bid to improve energy efficiency, secure power supply and enable onsite energy cost savings.
The battery is 3m3 in size and weighs approximately five tonnes. It can run the hotel, including powering meals cooked at its restaurant for up to three hours. The battery takes two hours to fully charge and will be used for at around two-to-three hours per day, depending on the needs of the National Grid.
European Metals Holdings Ltd (LON:EMH) are an Australian and UK listed mineral exploration and development company advancing the Cinovec Lithium / Tin Project in Czech Republic. Cinovec hosts the largest lithium resource in Europe, and one of the largest undeveloped tin resources in the world.