Finland to maintain grid with 30 MW/30 MWh battery

• The Yllikkälä Power Reserve One task will certainly be among Europe's biggest storage space installations as well as the biggest in the Nordic countries. French developer Neoen will deploy the big battery near to Lappeenranta in the southeastern part of the nation.

French renewable energy programmer Neoen has actually introduced strategies to develop a 30 MW/30 MWh storage project near Lappeenranta, in southerly Finland.

The Yllikkälä Power Reserve One project will certainly support the grid of network operator Fingrid by supplying frequency law services.

"Aside from higher reliability and reduced electricity grid stabilization costs, the plant will certainly promote the combination of future renewable energies jobs," Neoen stated, adding that the battery was developed to harness Finland's substantial wind resources.

Neoen did not divulge any kind of additional technological or financial details regarding the project. The firm is currently developing a 600 MW battery storage space facility in Australia that will give fast frequency response services to the National Electricity Market (NEM).

The French developer has also installed the globe's biggest running battery system-- the 100 MW/129 MWh Tesla large battery in South Australia, referred to as the Hornsdale Power Reserve. Frequency control supplementary services (FCAS) supplied by the Tesla Big Battery, which is currently set for a 50% expansion, added most of the 56% revenue jump banked by Neoen in the last quarter of 2019.

Finland introduced a tender scheme for large-scale renewable energy jobs at the end of 2018. So far, the authorities have only awarded wind tasks. In the most up to date workout, settled in March, the Finnish Energy Agency gave a 12-year feed-in premium agreement to 19 wind projects. The typical cost of the bids for the winning jobs was EUR2.49 per MWh.

Finland had 205 MW of solar capacity mounted at the end of in 2015, according to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) figures. The majority of that ability is distributed-- largely small-scale PV installations. Mounted wind power stood at 2.28 GW.