RWE turns turf on 117MW German battery

• Energy storage space systems will be virtually combined with run-of-river power plant along the river Mosel

RWE has actually started building of a 117MW battery project in Germany that will sustain its hydropower plants.

The battery will be located at the energy supplier's power plants in Lingen, in Lower Saxony and also Werne in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The planned system consists of 420 lithium-ion battery racks, housed in 47 abroad shipping containers spread out across two RWE power plant.

The system at the Gersteinwerk in Werne will have a capacity of 72MW while the one at the Emsland station in Lingen will certainly have 45MW.

The batteries will be practically paired with RWE's run-of-river power stations along the river Mosel.

By increasing or decreasing the flow-through at these power stations, RWE can make additional capability offered, likewise as harmonizing energy.

This combining process elevates the complete capacity of the batteries by an additional great 15% enabling the battery as well as the hydropower terminals to collaborate to preserve a stable regularity in the power grid.

The EUR50m system is arranged to start operations at the end of 2022.

RWE Generation CEO Roger Miesen said: "Battery storage space systems are necessary to the success of the energy transition. They assist cancel variations in the power grid, which are boosting as the share of renewable resources grows.

" Our project is setting new criteria as well as shows how we can use the marketplace much more flexibility by wisely linking up battery capacity with run-of-river power stations."

North Rhine-Westphalia state priest for economic events and energy Andreas Pinkwart included: "Large battery storage systems in the megawatt category make a vital contribution in the direction of network stability in the brand-new energy world.

" The application of this project at a power station with a practice as long as Werne's shows impressively how competence as well as innovative modern technologies can be utilized to create the protected energy supply of the future.

" With its energy storage systems in Werne as well as Lingen, RWE establishes brand-new criteria as well as can come to be a good example for many various other projects around the transformation of our energy system."