Eneco buys Belgium battery project

• The 50MW project is anticipated to be functional in 2024

Eneco is purchasing a major battery energy storage project in Wallonia, Belgium, which results from come onstream in 2024.

With the setup of a 50MW/200MWh of battery energy storage, sustainably generated electrical energy can be made use of extra successfully to balance Belgium's electrical energy grid, Eneco said.

The permit has actually been acquired, the battery gotten as well as primary study jobs are underway to have the project operational by the end of 2024, according to the business.

The battery power plant in Ville-sur-Haine in Wallonia will be fully possessed, it included.

The Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) includes 53 Megapacks energy storage devices from Tesla and it can provide power to the grid for 4 hrs.

Together with Belgian high-voltage grid operator Elia, the battery makes sure that the ever-increasing volumes of variable solar as well as wind energy can be deployed in a reliable way and also maintains grid power in balance, Eneco claimed.