Engie has introduced a plan to deploy round 1.5 GWh of battery storage capability in Belgium.
The French power firm mentioned it’ll join three massive batteries to the high-voltage grid at its personal websites within the cities of Kallo, Drogenbos, and Vilvoorde.
On the Drogenbos web site, within the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, Engie will deploy batteries with a mixed capability of 80 MW/320 MWh. It already operates one other 6 MW of battery capability within the province.
Engie additionally plans to construct 100 MW/400 MWh storage on the Kallo web site, in East Flanders, and 200 MW/800 MWh at Vilvoorde, within the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant.
All batteries can present energy for 4 hours.
Engie additionally presently operates a 1,080 MW pumped hydro storage facility in Belgium – the Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Energy Station in Trois-Ponts, close to Liege. “It has performed a key function within the Belgian power combine for greater than 50 years,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
In accordance with the most recent statistics from the Worldwide Renewable Power Company, Belgium can have an put in PV capability of 6.9 GW by the top of 2022. The full renewable power energy technology capability has reached 13.0 GW.
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