The nature of renewable energy supply is that it is variable and this is a major challenge for a plant that requires a constant fixed energy supply. The project will demonstrate the integration of the electric boiler with both the electrical power grid and the existing plant steam generating units: the Gas Boilers and the Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) units.

The electric boiler will operate in times of high levels of renewable energy on the grid and consume power that would otherwise not be used. The steam produced from the electric boiler is zero carbon.