Swedish power company Vattenfall has selected Alfen to deliver a 20MW battery energy storage system.
The system will be located in the university town Uppsala in Sweden, the fourth largest city in the country.
This is the third large-scale energy storage system that Alfen will deliver to Vattenfall.
The system will be connected to the power grid of distribution grid operator Vattenfall Eldistribution.
The solution is being deployed to address grid congestion challenges and benefit from trading opportunities on the flexibility market.
The energy storage system is expected to be operational in Q4 2020.
Alfen’s scope consists of the delivery of an energy storage system of 20MW based on BMW car batteries, Alfen’s ‘TheBattery Connect’ energy management system and the local grid connection.
Alfen sales manager energy Stephanie Schockaert said: “We are proud to be selected by Vattenfall to supply our battery energy storage system, as a continuation of our long-standing relationship on both EV charging and energy storage.”
Schockaert added: “Our prior projects for Vattenfall, which include a 3MW energy storage system at the Prinses Alexia Windpark in the Netherlands and a 12MW energy storage system as part of a new hybrid solar and wind farm, position us well to also successfully deliver this project.”
Vattenfall senior project manager Tina Ivarsson said: “The development of this new storage system in Uppsala will contribute to mitigating grid capacity limitations. We are looking forward to work with Alfen on this project due to their extensive experience and the involvement of supplier Sebab.”