Alfen scoops 10MW Swedish battery order

• Ellevio's very first project will certainly include Dutch outfit's modular energy storage system

Alfen has actually secured a 10MW energy storage contract for Sweden's largest grid battery.

Swedish energy company Ellevio's first project consists of Alfen's 10MW modular energy storage system, TheBattery Elements, which allows ideal use renewable resource and also stability in the power grid.

" Enhancing renewables, decentralising energy and also expanding electricity consumption are developing challenges for the European power grid," stated Stephanie Schockaert, Sales Director for Alfen's Energy Storage department.

" Solutions like battery energy storage systems that are flawlessly integrated right into the medium-voltage grid solve these problems for grid operators.

" With our Finnish subsidiary Alfen Elkamo, we're proud to aid develop the power grid of the future utilizing our fully integrated remedies. In this way we are supporting Ellevio as it functions to achieve its goals, and also we are adding to those of its home nation of Sweden."

Sweden is one of initial nations on the planet to embrace a net zero emissions target, which it plans to achieve by 2045.

At the same time, Sweden expects to more than double its electricity consumption over the next 25 years while utilizing its primary source of new electrical energy generation coming from wind power.

Relying on just how much wind there is, the amount of electrical power fed into the grid will certainly vary. If the balance is interrupted, there is a risk of interruptions in the electrical power system that can be both expensive as well as bring about harmful grid outages.

Alfen's TheBattery Elements system can help balance these disturbances. It is a commercial as well as modular energy storage system outfitted with Fast Frequency Reserve (FFR) control modern technology that can manage the fluctuations (reduced inertia situations) in the Nordic grid using synthetic inertia.

It requires very fast response times (<0.7 s) which are likewise supported by Alfen's in-house developed software platform.

TheBattery system can additionally be used for various other grid services and/or energy trading.