The BESS at Trosvik school will be installed and operational in the autumn of 2023, and will, among other things, help the building utilize self-produced solar energy more efficiently as well as contribute to stabilizing the electricity grid. The demonstration system will contribute to increasing knowledge about the reuse of electric car batteries, how they work in practice and how stationary batteries connected to the power grid can be used to balance the need for electricity. The aim is to make the market and technology more mature. The pilot project is led by the research institute SINTEF and the battery systems are supplied by the Norwegian battery company ECO STOR AS.
There are several economic, environmental and social benefits to this type of BESS. The system will store surplus energy from solar panels, which can be used for peak shaving during high demand periods for the school. The system can shift energy consumption to reduce energy costs and help stabilize the power grid. From an environmental perspective, reusing electric car batteries will reduce the environmental impact of the system and save critical minerals and other natural resources by extending the life of the batteries.
Trosvik school is one of the largest primary schools in Fredrikstad municipality, after several expansions. When the new building of 2,500 m2 was established in 2018, a geothermal heating system and 44 kWp of solar panels were also installed, integrated into the new roof. Trosvik school was the first of Fredrikstad’s municipal purpose-built buildings to have solar panels on the roof and will also be the first building to have a battery system installed to make better use of solar energy.
Today, Fredrikstad municipality considers solar panels in all new construction and roof rehabilitation projects. “With today’s varying electricity prices, we expect that battery systems in buildings will become more and more relevant, especially in buildings with solar panels. The TREASoURcE project will give us valuable experience with second life battery systems in buildings”, says Helene Bøe Tømmerbakke, Energy advisor in Fredrikstad. Reuse of batteries is in line with Fredrikstad municipality’s climate plan, where circularity is emphasized in order to achieve the objective of a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the period 2016-2030.
The battery system will be in operation and collect data for research until May 2026, and the operation of the systems will be optimized throughout the project period based on data and experience. After the project period, the batteries can still be used to ensure good resource utilization, and they can easily be moved to new locations if necessary.
For more information, contactMathias Winther Thorsen, Battery Systems Engineer, ECO STOR ASmathias.thorsen@eco-stor.no, +47 913 95 282
Fride Vullum-Bruer, Senior researcher, SINTEF Energi ASfride.vullum.bruer@sintef.no, +47 986 67 654
Helene Bøe Tømmerbakke, Energy and environmental consultant, Fredrikstad MunicipalityHeltom@fredrikstad.kommune.no, +47 417 89 787
Funded by the European Union (grant agreement no. 101059491). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
In Norway, there is a strong focus on the green transformation of the power-intensive industries. Senja is no exception and is at the forefront of economic development in Arctic Norway. Even though the power grid to Senja has been modernized in recent years, the establishment of new businesses—the electrification of aquaculture and the fishing fleet, as well as the electrification of transportation in general—are pushing the electrical infrastructure to its limits. The Smart Senja project aims to relieve pressure on the current power network at Husøy and Senjahopen, in Northern Senja, by distributing consumption more evenly over the day, thereby securing enough power to sustain the development of the communities.
Concretely, the project has installed two large battery energy storage systems, established a local energy market to trade flexibility and developed models for local renewable power production. The involvement of the community—especially related to how and why different technologies are implemented—is important. The project, therefore, organizes teaching about energy at the local schools, co-organizes energy cafes with the locals and takes part in various local events that are relevant for the project.
The energy storage solutions are the largest investment in the project. The battery facility at Husøy, with a capacity of approximately 2 MW, will be the largest ever connected to the Norwegian grid to date. These facilities will stabilize the power grid, be used for reducing the peaks, and be able to operate in island-mode in case of a power outage.
The combination of these technological and community-based solutions from the fishing communities is set to have transfer value to other power network companies and international research communities to ensurerobust energy transformation for other Arctic communities.
As such, Smart Senja is about developing energy systems for the future – not just for Senja – but also to support the global transition towards renewable energy and an electrical future.
The Smart Senja project is owned by Arva AS and financially supported by ENOVA. The partners in the Smart Senja project are Br. Karlsen, Nergård AS, Arva AS, Tromskraft Produksjon AS, Ishavskraft, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Enfo, Nodes AS, Powel AS, Rolls Royce Solutions Berlin GmbH and Solbes AS. The project was initiated in 2019 and is set to run until 2025.
Julien Moisan, Section Leader of Innovation and Sustainability at Arva AS, in front of the 2MW battery facility at Husøy on Senja.
The Arctic Economic Council has made a video about sustainable investment opportunities in the Arctic, featuring Smart Senja.
FREYR Battery is pleased to note that The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills have funded the start-up of a Norwegian pilot program for higher vocational education for battery production. The Battery Vocational School will be a module-based hybrid of online studies and gatherings.
"Battery cell production in Norway is pioneering work and the Norwegian battery vocational school will be an important contribution to the long-term development of the Norwegian battery industry," says Executive Vice President of Operations at FREYR Battery, Tove Nilsen Ljungquist.
The educational program has been established in connection with the existing industrial vocational schools in the Viken, Nordland, Innlandet and Hordaland regions of Norway. Together, they have developed the battery industry specialization targeting people with a vocational certificate and preferably experience from relevant industries, such as the process industry.
"FREYR needs many new employees, and we look forward to seeing the battery vocational school train competent and good candidates at our factories in Mo i Rana. I encourage qualified people to apply," adds Nilsen Ljungquist.
The battery specialization will be available from the autumn semester of 2022 and will comprise the modules: industrial intelligence, logistics and traceability in production, battery industry and sustainability, SMART maintenance, electrochemistry and material technology for batteries, flexible and digitized battery production.
"We have collaborated with several other Norwegian companies, vocational schools, industry organisations, unions and the Nordland county to launch this pilot program. The battery vocational school is designed for the battery industry and will meet our needs," says Lars Kvadsheim, the Head of HR at FREYR''s operating organization.
FREYR Battery is currently constructing its customer qualification plant, which will be the first of the planned battery factories in Mo i Rana with battery cell production expected to start in the second half of 2022. After that, FRYR plans to develop Gigafactories for battery production, with planned start-up of operations for the first site in 2023.
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