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to prevent the spread of fire. Safety is also reinforced via Fluence’s distributed controls, which can continuously monitor and detect potential anomalies in the system, isolating and flagging potential problems for immediate operator attention, including Fluence’s 24/7 monitoring staff.
Fluence says that recently it has been actively working with several business partners in the Taiwan energy storage market. A few months ago it announced a strategic partnership with YATEC, a subsidiary of TECO Group, and Ina Energy, a subsidiary of PJ Asset Management Group, to provide automatic frequency control services to Taipower.
Improving grid stability in Ireland Another recent project reported by Fluence was the supply of a 10.8 MW Gridstack battery-based energy storage system for the Killala Community Wind Farm in Ireland, now owned by Greencoat Renewables.
The storage facility, currently in the commissioning phase, will help increase system stability in the Irish electricity grid, with Greencoat Renewables planning to use the system to participate in energy flexibility markets. The project is the first investment in energy storage by Greencoat Renewables and the first of
Above: Killala Community Wind Farm
any company managed by Greencoat Capital. Having some of the best wind energy resources in the world, Ireland is perfectly positioned to secure an affordable, reliable, and low-carbon energy supply through increasing renewable generation.
This is Fluence’s third project involving battery- based energy storage co-located with wind farms in Ireland, and its tenth publicly announced venture in the Irish Single Electricity Market. Ben Brooks, portfolio manager at Greencoat Renewables, commented: “Battery storage is playing an ever-increasing role in the development of the renewable energy industry in Ireland, providing much needed flexibility and resilience to the electricity grid system and facilitating the growth of renewables and
interconnection to support Ireland’s energy transition.”
Fluence and ESB, the owner of the distribution and transmission networks in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, are planning to deliver the largest single energy storage project to date in the European Union in terms of energy storage capacity, as part of a wider 308 MWh fleet.
Fluence, joint venture of Siemens and AES, says it topped a recent global energy storage provider list with an 18% market share, according to IHS Markit’s survey in 2021, and has deployed or contracted more than 4.25 GW of energy storage systems across more than 150 sites in 30 markets worldwide and provided services for more than 2.9 GW.
Saft batteries will help coal phase-out in the far north
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a turnkey contract to provide an energy storage system for one of the world’s most northerly permanent settlements, Longyearbyen in Svalbard, the island group in the Norwegian Arctic region. The new 6 MW/7 MWh lithium-ion energy storage system will be housed in six containers and employ Saft’s Intensium Max High Energy technology. Saft will provide a fully integrated solution that includes power conversion and
control systems. It will deliver the project by late 2022, a lead time that is ambitious considering the remote location and environmental conditions.
The new energy storage system will support Longyearbyen council’s transition to becoming
a zero-emission community and cutting CO2 emissions by 100%. It will be located next to the town’s coal-fired power station and will provide reserve capacity to overcome fluctuations as
well as providing backup power for black start capability. When the coal power station closes in 2023, the battery energy storage system will provide voltage and frequency control to integrate diesel generators and growing amounts of renewable energy.
Joachim Karlsen, Longyearbyen Council’s project manager says: “We selected Saft after a competitive bidding process that evaluated price, quality and capability to deliver. One aspect we particularly liked about Saft is its experience and proven high reliability with similar systems for remote communities in northern Canada and Alaska. That has given us extra reassurance that their team has what it takes to deliver this complex project in harsh Arctic conditions and that their technology will provide us with reliability and security of supply.”
The purchase of the giant battery is the start of developing Longyearbyen into a zero-emission society.
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Longyearbyen is located in the high Arctic, at 78° North. With winter temperatures that can drop below -40°C, Saft is planning to overcome logistics challenges by scheduling transportation of systems in warmer months. In addition, it will carry out final commissioning during the winter to demonstrate to Longyearbyen Council that the system can withstand the intense Arctic winter.
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