Energy storage | Semper battery installation
Rolls-Royce battery system to stabilise Dutch grid
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to supply and install a large-scale mtu EnergyPack QG battery storage system on a turnkey basis to the Dutch energy company Semper Power in Vlissingen. The 30 MW/60 MWh battery storage system, the largest to date in the Netherlands, will be used for grid frequency regulation to support integration of renewables into the Dutch grid. The mtu QG EnergyPack storage system, to be commissioned in spring 2023, will consist of 168 battery units, seven inverters and an mtu EnergetIQ intelligent control platform.
Saft to build New Zealand’s first big battery
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has been awarded a major contract by Meridian Energy to construct New Zealand’s first large-scale grid- connected battery energy storage system (BESS). Island, the 100 MW BESS will improve the stability of the national grid, as intermittent renewable power generation increases in New Zealand. The BESS is the first stage of a project
that will include the construction of a co-located 130 MW solar farm by Meridian Energy. Saft is providing a fully integrated solution for and power conversion equipment, installation, commissioning and 20 years operational services. Scheduled to enter service in the second half of 2024, the BESS, which will include 80 Saft Intensium Shift battery containers, based
on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) technology, will have an energy storage capacity of 200 MWh. The new North Island asset will open up multiple new revenue streams for Meridian, with the ability to load shift between price periods and participate in the North Island reserve electricity market. Meridian anticipates that the BESS will deliver annual revenues of up to US $35 million.
First-of-a kind demonstration of heavy-fluid hydro
RheEnergise, a UK company developing a new form of long-duration hydro storage system based on a high density fluid, has been awarded a UK £8.25 million small business research initiative (SBRI) contract from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) to deploy a first-of-a- kind demonstrator of its High-Density Hydro® storage system.
RheEnergise will deploy a 250kW/1MWh demonstrator at a mine, close to Plymouth, Devon, UK within the next 18 months. Rather than using water, RheEnergise has developed a fluid that is 2.5 times denser than water and can provide 2.5 times the power and 2.5 times the energy when compared to conventional low-density hydro systems.
Right: RheEnergise’s concept “could turn small hills into giant batteries”
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