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Energy storage project for VBB will be built by RES Deutschland
Bordesholm should a grid outage occur. Bordesholm currently meets 75% of its
electricity demand from renewables which are directly connected to the grid. VBB is aiming to raise this figure to 100% by 2020. VBB Managing Director Frank Günther
A 10 MW energy storage project for
utility VBB in the German municipality Bordesholm is being built by RES Deutschland. The VBB-project is the first multi- megawatt battery storage project in Germany. The commissioning of the bat- tery storage is scheduled for spring 2019. After the completion of this pilot project, research institutions and universities will be able to use the data generated from the battery storage to transfer new findings to other network projects. The battery storage will provide grid stabilisation and back-up power fed from 100% renewables to Bordesholm if there is a main grid disruption or upstream grid failure. VBB’s battery with a storage capacity of 15 MWh can continue to provide power to
comments: “This is a unique solution for an island network linking into a public power supply network. With this smart solution, the use of coal and nuclear power plants can be avoided in the future. New, modern battery storage plants can ensure the required system stability by using only renewable energy.” The Bordesholm project is funded as a pilot project by the EU and the state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is promoting the development of storage technologies. Dominique Guillou, managing director
of RES Deutschland commented: “With this standalone solution, the battery storage becomes a flagship project, which forms a very important component on the way to a supply from 100% renewable energy,” he said. “Battery storage systems are central elements of the German Energy Transi- tion 2.0. In the coming years, due to the increasing displacement of thermal power plants by renewable energy sources, the provision of primary control power with battery storage systems will continue to gain importance in Germany,” Matthias Leuthold, head of energy storage at RES Germany, concludes.
Using 2MW battery storage systems could cost you nothing, say Thrive & Aura
Two UK companies - Thrive Renewables and Aura Power- have said their new joint
venture will install and operate batteries for medium and large energy users – spending £500,000 a year or more on electricity – free of charge in return for a share of revenues. The companies reports that businesses will see “immediate cost savings” by avoiding
premium-cost peak energy charges and income from providing flexibility services to the grid after the battery installation. Both Thrive and Aura estimate that some businesses with a 2MW battery could save more than £1 million over a 15-year contract. The two companies are expected to pass
between 15% to 20% of the benefits to the client, keeping up to 85% of the revenues. Matthew Clayton, Managing Director of Thrive Renewables said: “We are offering businesses a straight forward solution. We take the investment risk, manage the development and operate the battery to maximise mutual returns. We agree a contract with the customers, they can get on with their core business and save tens of thousands of pounds from year one.”
www.gmp.uk.com IN BRIEF
Large-scale energy storage for West
Africa Sterling & Wilson has won its first
large-scale hybrid and energy storage turnkey EPC contract order in Western Africa. The scope of work – the company’s
formal entry into the hybrid and energy storage space – includes design, EPC and O&M of a captive hybrid microgrid powered by solar, diesel and battery storage. Widely regarded as a "first of its kind" project, it involves powering behind-the-meter clients in the educational sector in Western Africa with 30MWh of battery energy storage spread across three sites, including a single battery installation of 17MWh. A microgrid backed with batteries will be able to provide one-day power autonomy to the educational institutions, helping schools and colleges to run efficiently and to spend more on school programs.
Carnegie Clean Energy in $2.1m
microgrid project Carnegie Clean Energy Limited has announced it has secured $2.1 million in project financing from the Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) for its Garden Island Microgrid Project, in addition to a $4 million revolving R&D facility. Called the ‘The Garden Island
Microgrid Project’, it involves the construction and operation of a 2MW solar PV array, a 2MW/0.5MWh battery energy storage system and a control system. Construction of the project is
complete apart from the final cabling and grid connection expected by mid-2018, to be followed by the delivery of power to the Australian Department of Defence under a long term power supply agreement. The R&D facility, also provided by
CBA, assists Carnegie with working capital primarily for the delivery Carnegie’s major Wave Energy commercialisation activities providing green energy.
Worldwide Independent Power June 2018
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