EDF Renewables, Wärtsilä to Develop 50 MW/100 MWh Energy Storage in UK

• The 50 MW/100 MWh project will certainly belong to a new Energy Superhub in the region, that will support the transition to a decarbonised electricity system in the UK.
• The order was consisted of in Wärtsilä's order book in the fourth quarter of 2022, and also building is expected to start in springtime 2023.

Finnish business which produces and also services power sources Wärtsilä has revealed that it has actually signed an agreement with EDF Renewables UK and also Ireland to provide a new grid-scale energy storage facility in the United Kingdom. The storage system will certainly be provided in Sundon, Bedfordshire.

The main statement of Wärtsilä held that the 50 MW/100 MWh project, which will certainly create part of a new Energy Superhub in the area, will aid to sustain the transition to a decarbonised electricity system and also speed up the UK's net zero future. The order was included in Wärtsilä's order publication in the fourth quarter of 2022, as well as building is expected to start in spring 2023.

The new 50 MW/100 MWh lithium-ion storage facility in Sundon can store enough electricity to power 100,000 homes for 2 hrs, as well as it will certainly sustain electrical vehicle (EV) billing as well as the electrification of public transportation.

Wärtsilä said that the project will make it possible for enhanced renewable resource assimilation as well as intermittency administration, along with strengthening the resiliency of the electricity system, automatically charging and also discharging to balance supply and need.

Matthew Boulton, Director of Storage and Private Wire, EDF Renewables, stated, "A renewable energy future is only enabled with a wise, adaptable energy grid. That is why we are collaborating with neighborhood councils to accelerate the rollout of Energy Superhubs, aiding to unleash the possibility of renewable energy and enable regional individuals to profit of net zero with much better access to zero carbon transport."

Wärtsilä additionally claims to have actually provided its exclusive GridSolv Quantum system and also GEMS Digital Energy Platform, in addition to the power conversion system and also commissioning for the project.

Wärtsilä said that GEMS supplies the data as well as insights to advise trading events and also efficiency for thorough asset administration. The energy storage innovation will certainly make it possible for balancing solutions for the UK grid, consisting of electricity market trading and also regularity response, with the capacity to support regional consumers such as EV billing terminals during grid outages.

Jens Norrgård, Energy Business Director, Europe, Wärtsilä Energy, informed, "This contract strengthens Wärtsilä and also EDF Renewables' partnership, and also demonstrates our joint commitment to sustaining the UK's decarbonisation initiatives." He further included, "Wärtsilä's energy storage innovation is a fundamental part of the mosaic of flexible capacity required to balance renewable resource. Along with our other projects, Sundon is delivering on our worldwide passion to produce clean power systems."

Wärtsilä said that its mounted energy storage technology base in the UK currently exceeds 424 MWh. Its prior projects with EDF Renewables in Oxford and also Kemsley in Kent were supplied in 2021, and also two projects in Birmingham as well as Coventry are currently unfinished.

The group has actually also provided a number of various other energy storage projects in the island nation that includes a 50 MW/100 MWh project very first site for SSE in Salisbury, and an islanded-grid project to balance renewables in Lerwick, on the Shetland Islands.