Ringo stars in French energy storage space pilot

• TSO RTE is partnering with Nidec Industrial Solutions on the three-year project

French public electrical power transmission system operator RTE is partnering with Nidec Industrial Solutions on an energy storage project called Ringo to examine the automated management of excess renewable electrical power.

The 12MW battery project lies in Vingeanne-Jalancourt in the Cote-d'Or area, a location with high wind energy manufacturing.

Work began in January 2020, and now the system has actually been taken into service, meeting the expected distribution times, regardless of the problems ran into because of the pandemic, the partners stated.

The pilot will certainly last 3 years, which give the moment required to discover how to manage renewable resource, the business included.

Nidec Industrial Solutions has provided its power electronics converters and also administration control system that make it feasible to transform kept energy right into power and utilize it to feed into the grid.

The Ringo system makes it possible to save surplus renewable energy throughout optimals in manufacturing as well as return the stored energy to the grid as and also when needed.

This stops needing to develop brand-new electric lines and the loss of electricity generated from eco-friendly resources, the partners claimed.

The project has actually been accepted by the French Commission de Regulation de l'Energie (Energy Regulatory Commission) for a total financial investment of EUR80m.

Nidec Industrial Solutions chairman Dominique Llonch said: "The experiment we have launched today with RTE is an essential step towards accomplishing a zero-emissions culture by 2050, a goal Europe is committed to getting to.

" To accomplish this, much more electrical power will have to be generated which is why it will be essential to enhance energy monitoring by modulating manufacturing and also intake.

" Ringo will permit us to acquire the expertise and also experience needed to conquer this challenge.

" We are proud that RTE has picked us as a partner in this highly ingenious project.

" A partnership that confirms our globe leadership in renewable resource battery storage space systems, which integrate sophisticated innovations and also services, used at the most effective price and also able to guarantee reduced execution times."