Eneco and Giga Storage Space Partner to Generate Netherlands' Largest Battery

• Rotterdam-headquartered energy utility Eneco as well as battery service provider Giga Storage space have begun the realization of the biggest battery in the Netherlands-- Giga Buffalo, which will certainly have an ability of 24 MW/ 48 MWh.

The companies claim that Giga Buffalo will certainly make it possible to balance supply as well as need of electrical energy with the help of eco-friendly energy. This would certainly open up the opportunity to additionally incorporate lasting ways of manufacturing in the electrical power market and also is anticipated to yield CO2 financial savings of greater than 23 thousand bunches each year.

Construction of Giga Buffalo will start this year, and also the battery is planned to be operational after the summertime of 2022. The battery is anticipated to store more than 30,000 MWh electricity each year, enough to provide around 9,000 families. This would certainly make the Giga Buffalo greater than 6 times as large as the existing Giga Rhinocerous battery.

Eneco will certainly rent the battery from Giga Storage space on a long-term basis and use it for its energy services. In order to attain the objective of additional assimilation of sustainable manufacturing sources, the company will primarily use Giga Buffalo for projecting mistakes in supply as well as need of energy on the intraday trading market. In addition, the battery is utilized for assistance solutions to TenneT, which will be done totally sustainably, according to Eneco. In the coming months, prep work will be made for construction, such as settling the essential agreements with suppliers and funding.

Giga Buffalo will certainly be linked to Windnet's wise grid at the website of Wageningen College & Research Study near Lelystad. This includes research right into exactly how the most amount of sustainable energy as possible can be fed into the existing electricity grid.

Ruud Nijs, Chief Executive Officer of GIGA Storage, claimed, "Our ambition is to end up being the biggest lasting electrical power storage firm in Europe. The collaboration with Eneco contributes to this. In addition to understanding the biggest battery in the Netherlands with GIGA Buffalo, we are now combining this for the first time with the leasing of energy storage ability to (energy) firms."

Lucien Wiegers, Commercial Director Eneco Energy Trade, claimed, "For Eneco, being able to stabilize the supply as well as need of energy, the intraday positions, is crucial in order to have the ability to understand the further integration of lasting methods of manufacturing. Storage of energy, in batteries that are offered 24/7 will play a vital role in this, so we are delighted with the advancement of GIGA Buffalo, which at the same time also enables us to make significant CO2 financial savings."