Norwegian energy company Statkraft has completed an 11MW energy storage project in Ireland that makes it possible to store locally produced wind power.
The hybrid project combines the battery with 23MW of onshore wind and will be fully operational in early 2020, the company said.
It is located at the site of Statkraft’s first stand-alone Irish onshore wind farm at Kilathmoy on the Limerick/Kerry border in the south-west of Ireland.
Statkraft partnered with Fluence to deliver the storage project, with battery modules produced by LG Chem.
The Norwegians will enter a contract with EirGrid to provide reserves to the national electricity grid in the event of a sudden drop-off in supply.
Statkraft Ireland managing director Kevin O’Donovan said: “This is a landmark day for the energy market in this country and represents a very exciting milestone for power storage here.
Energy storage systems further diversify our own portfolio, and this project continues our growth trajectory while complementing our extensive renewable development plans.”