Zenobē Energy

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0 followersEnergy storage·London, UK·Founded 2017

www.zenobe.com

UK-based battery storage developer and operator with over 1.2 GW of BESS projects including the 300 MW Kilmarnock South and 400 MW Eccles sites, backed by KKR with cumulative funding exceeding £1 billion.

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ClimateTicker Green Score · how it's calculated

Greenwashing risk: lowData confidence: medium

Why it's on ClimateTicker

Zenobē is a genuinely climate-positive business: its core product — grid-scale BESS and EV fleet electrification — directly enables renewable energy uptake and displaces fossil-fuel transport, with circa 1,500 MW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and over 3,400 electric vehicles supported globally. The climate credentials are structurally real, not bolted-on. The main honest caveat is that Zenobē's own operational sustainability disclosures are still maturing — SBTi targets are absent, CDP participation is unconfirmed, and scope-3 supply-chain emissions (battery manufacturing) remain a material unquantified gap.

mitigationZenobē finances, designs, builds, and operates grid-scale battery energy storage systems under long-term contracts with National Grid and other system operators, earning capacity, frequency, and trading revenues; it also provides battery-as-a-service and fleet electrification financing to bus and truck operators, removing upfront capex barriers and retaining asset ownership.

Commitments & Certifications

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Controversy & Greenwashing Watch

lowOfgem LDES Cap-and-Floor Legal Challenge (Lost)

Zenobē filed two Competition Appeal Tribunal cases (Oct 2025, Mar 2026) challenging Ofgem/GEMA's long-duration energy storage cap-and-floor subsidy scheme, arguing it distorted competition against unsubsidised short-duration BESS; the tribunal dismissed the application in June 2026, clearing the LDES scheme to proceed.source ↗

lowCo-founder 'Clean Gas' Comment

In April 2025, Zenobē co-founder James Basden publicly suggested that a combination of short-duration BESS and 'clean' gas could be a more efficient solution than long-duration storage, a statement that sits in tension with Zenobē's pure-play clean energy positioning.source ↗

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