RWE has reached a final investment decision for a battery storage project in the Netherlands.
The project in Eemshaven will have a power capacity of 35MW and a storage capacity of 41 megawatt-hours (MWh).
Construction will begin by the end of 2023 with commissioning expected in 2025.
A total of 110 lithium-ion battery racks are to be installed at RWE’s biomass plant in Eemshaven on an area of around 3000 square metres.
RWE plans to invest €24m in the project which will optimally integrate the weather-related fluctuating power generation profile of the OranjeWind offshore wind farm into the Dutch energy system.
In 2022, RWE had secured the implementation of the offshore project off the Dutch coast with a system integration concept that combines the wind farm with the generation of green hydrogen and other solutions such as battery storage.
Roger Miesen, CEO RWE Generation and Country Chair for the Netherlands, said: “With the increasing share of renewable energies in the electricity mix, the demand for flexible battery storage is also rising.
“With this large-scale project, RWE is gaining experience in the marketing of energy storage systems on the Dutch energy markets and is actively contributing towards stabilising the Dutch electricity grid.”