Vestas and Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt are to collaborate on energy storage systems for the Danish company’s wind power technology.
Initially, Vestas will invest €10m towards research and development in the partnership, which aims to optimise the integration of storage and renewable energy technologies.
This will enable Vestas to ensure more certainty and predictability in power output to provide greater grid stability and compliance, the company said.
The collaboration will also look to develop and optimise control systems that can integrate battery storage with other renewable energy technologies, as well as real-time data management operations.
Vestas chief technology officer Anders Vedel said: “This important collaboration with Northvolt will enable Vestas to define, challenge and improve battery storage offering for customers that need hybrid and storage solutions.
“There is a strong shared purpose and strategic fit with Northvolt that will support our goal to expand our knowledge in an area that we know will only grow in importance to the renewables and overall electricity market.”
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By EBS