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Sweco will design one of continental Europe’s largest battery parks, Green Turtle, for the energy storage company GIGA Storage Belgium. This facility will have a storage capacity of 2,800 MWh of electricity. The park will make a significant contribution to the energy grid by providing stored renewable energy during periods of low solar and wind energy production — thereby reducing Belgium’s reliance on gas power plants. Sweco will deliver the design of the civil engineering and electrical engineering works of the battery energy storage system (BESS). Construction is set to begin in the summer of 2025 with completion of the new battery park expected by 2028.
The planned Green Turtle battery park will have a capacity of 700 megawatts, resulting in a storage capacity of 2,800 megawatt hours, which is equivalent to the average annual energy consumption of 385,000 households.
“The agreement concluded with our contractors, including Sweco, to be GIGA Storage Belgium’s partner for the design of the Green Turtle battery park comprises an important milestone. This is a flagship project for us in Belgium and an important project in realising the energy transition in Europe, where access to large-scale electricity storage plays a vital role. Sweco has been selected as our partner for the integral design because of their solid expertise in battery energy storage systems (BESS),” says Joeri Siborgs, General Manager of GIGA Storage Belgium.
The battery park to be built in Dilsen-Stokkem will store surplus wind or solar energy as it is produced to make that renewable energy available on the grid during peak times. In this way, the battery park makes more efficient use of renewable energy and prevents wind turbines and large-scale solar panel parks from being switched off to relieve the grid.
“By taking on the responsibility for the integral design of the Green Turtle battery park, Sweco will support GIGA Storage in laying the foundation for a resilient and sustainable energy system. In Belgium and across Europe, Sweco’s experts are heavily involved in the expansion of renewable energy and in the adaptation of power systems and electricity grids, to support clients in meeting new capacity requirements as electrification intensifies,” says Erwin Malcorps, Business Area President of Sweco in Belgium.
About the clientGIGA Storage Belgium is an energy company that develops and deploys large-scale energy storage projects within the Belgian energy network. The aim is to play a key role in securing Europe’s future electricity supply, with the ambition to achieve 3 GW of battery storage in Belgium before 2030. Read more
About Sweco’s position in the energy transitionSweco’s experts are advising in the expansion of renewable energy and in the adaptation of power systems and electricity grids across Europe, to support clients in meeting new capacity requirements as electrification intensifies. Sweco has leading-edge expertise in energy systems and electricity grids, and delivers consulting services within transmission and distribution, wind and solar power, and hydrogen and energy storage.
Sweco plans and designs the sustainable communities and cities of the future. Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our 22,000 architects, engineers and other experts, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable. Sweco is Europe’s leading engineering and architecture consultancy, with sales of approximately SEK 29 billion (EUR 2.5 billion). The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
A 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system, the largest in continental Europe, has been inaugurated in Belgium by developer Corsica Sole.
The system in the French-speaking region of Wallonia came online last week (1 December), and is the first of three 100MWh projects in Belgium that have been slated to come online before the end of the year (more details further down).
The project’s development was led by Corsica Sole, while developers Yuso and InnoVent were project partners. EV and energy storage firm Tesla provided its MegaPack utility-scale battery storage product for the system (pictured), which is in the district of Deux-Acren.
The system will help to ensure the stability of frequency in the European electricity network. The main way battery systems do this is through participating in Frequency Control Reserve (FCR), which will be gradually replaced by a pan-European service called automatic frequency restoration reserve (aFRR).
As well as helping to regulate the frequency of the grid, the system will mitigate the intermittency of renewable energy sources by providing load shifting services.
Developer Yuso, one of the project partners in the Wallonia project, is also involved in the development of another 100MWh system in Belgium, providing optimisation services under a 10-year deal. That four-hour system (25MW power) is set to come online before the end of the year, while another 25MW/100MWh system from commodities trading company Trafigura in the municipality of Balen was also slated to come online in 2022.
Corsica Sole said the project totalled €33 million (US$34.7 million) of investment.
“This project is an important step for the development of electricity storage solutions in Europe,” said Michael Coudyser, managing director of Corsica Sole.
“We financed this project with our shareholder Mirova Energy Transition 5 without having recourse to any public subsidy. By demonstrating that the large-scale deployment of batteries is economically viable, we provide proof that we can build a world based on renewable energy coupled with energy storage.”
The Paris-headquartered firm has previously completed storage systems on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, an overseas territory of France, as previously reported by Energy-Storage.news. Asset manager Mirova acquired a stake in the firm in April 2021.
Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the eighth annual Energy Storage Summit EU in London, 22-23 February 2023. This year it is moving to a larger venue, bringing together Europe''s leading investors, policymakers, developers, utilities, energy buyers and service providers all in one place. Visit the official site for more info.
The Ruien Energy Storage project is Wärtsilä’s first in Belgium and one of the largest systems in the country to-date. The 25 MW / 100 MWh energy storage system helps the customer to regulate fluctuations and supply peak power with stored renewable energy in the grid. With improved reliability, the system also improves revenues.
The facility utilises Wärtsilä''s GridSolv Quantum energy storage system and Wärtsilä''s sophisticated energy management software, the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.
Ruien Energy Storage is primarily designed and owned by Nippon Koei Energy Europe B.V. and Aquila Clean Energy, who developed the joint venture project.
David HebertDirector, Sales ManagementWärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation
The Ruien Energy Storage battery includes hardware and software technology, driving smart asset management. The GEMS Digital Energy Platform ensures optimal performance for the energy supply across a range of specified use-cases, including reserve power, frequency control response, capacity dispatch, and voltage support.
The system also has comprehensive system maintenance with performance guarantees across 15 years with Wärtsilä''s Service+ GAP solution.
Facilitate the Belgian federal government''s goal to phase out most nuclear generation by 2025
Wärtsilä''s GEMS Digital Energy Platform ensures optimal performance for a range of specified use cases to maintain reliability of the electricity supply
Improved grid reliability and reserve power
Maintain energy frequency and reliability
Wärtsilä''s GridSolv Quantum energy storage system provides modular flexibility and enhanced safety features
Optimised renewable energy generation
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