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Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI) announced today that a subsidiary has acquired a majority stake in Lower 48 Energy BESS Ltd. (L48 Energy), a company that originates, builds, owns and operates large-scale energy storage systems.

Lower 48 Energy has acquired the development rights for a 100MW BESS at Bradford West. The 275kV transmission connected project is set to energise in Q2 2026.

On Wednesday, 4th December, despite a rather damp afternoon, we hosted a community engagement event at Uffington Village Hall regarding our proposed 100 MW, 2-hour BESS scheme next to the Shrewsbury substation.

We are hosting our first public community meeting for our Shrewsbury project on 4th December 2024.

On Tuesday, 19th November, we hosted our second and final community engagement event for the Dams of Craigie projects at the Axis Centre, Newmachar.

On Monday 18th November 2024 we held our second and final community event in Cuminestown Village Hall amongst the snow showers.

We are hosting our second and final community engagement meeting for our project in Upper Greenfields on 18th November 2024.

We are hosting our second and final public community meeting for our Dams of Craigie project on 19th November 2024.

Following our initial community engagement meeting on 6th June, Lower 48 Energy, in collaboration with our Scottish planning partners Blackhall and Powis, hosted a follow-up drop-in meeting on 7th October at the Ballantrae Community Centre in Girvan, Scotland.