The Netherlands – RWE has decided to invest in a Dutch battery storage project that will have a total installed power output of 35 MW and a total storage capacity of 41 MWh.
At RWE’s biomass plant in Eemshaven, 110 lithium-ion battery racks will be deployed over an area of about 3,000 square meters. RWE intends to spend about 24 million euros.
Wind integration
The battery project is a critical first step in developing a portfolio of cutting-edge demand assets to best integrate the “OranjeWind” offshore wind farm’s variable power generation profile into the Dutch energy system. With a system integration plan that combines the wind farm with the production of green hydrogen and other technologies like battery storage, RWE was able to ensure the implementation of the offshore project off the coast of the Netherlands in 2022.
Balancing energy
The proposed battery storage facility can run for more than an hour at its 35 MW installed capacity. Around 800 EVs may be charged with this. RWE power plants in the Netherlands have been virtually connected across technologies using the system. This makes it possible to manage balancing energy as efficiently as possible. Selected units may supply this energy singly or in groups. In order to maintain the necessary grid frequency, the battery storage system takes surplus power from the electrical grid and feeds it back into the system as needed.
