FT/EA/2024/0207 - [2025] UKFTT 01276 (GRC)

The background to the appeal is as follows.

Before we turn to the Request itself, it may be helpful to also provide some relevant context.

The Request related to correspondence between the Authority and Cobalt Energy regarding a fire at a battery energy storage site in Liverpool on 15 September 2020 (the “Fire”). The Request followed a previous request for information made to the Authority by the Appellant relating to that subject matter.

In the Request, the acronym ‘MFRS’ was referring to the Authority and the acronym ‘BESS’ was referring to the Site. The reference in the Request to ‘Orsted’ is to a Danish renewable energy company (Ørsted), which we understand operates the Site. We also understand that Cobalt Energy had a significant role in the construction, management and commissioning of the Site.