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Country’s largest energy storage system to support

grid stability

he technology group Wärtsilä will maximum of 23 000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year,” said Maarten Quist, the chief
supply a 25 MW / 48 MWh energy operations officer at GIGA Storage. “We’re pleased to work with Wärtsilä to implement this
Tstorage system to GIGA Storage BV landmark project, which will help us reach our goal of deploying 1,5 GW of energy storage in
in the Netherlands to help stabilise the Europe by 2025.”
electricity grid. This will be Wärtsilä’s first
energy storage project in the Netherlands Click here for more information on Wärtsilä’s energy storage and
and it will be the country’s largest system optimisation technology
to date. The order was booked to Wärtsilä
order intake in December 2021, and the The Dutch government has set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 49% by 2030
system is expected to become operational and a 95% reduction by 2050. The growth of renewable energy in the Netherlands and
in October 2022. likewise across Europe has helped to decarbonise the energy system but has also created
The energy storage system, called congestion on electrical networks, making energy storage a necessity for reliability. Recent
the GIGA Buffalo battery, will be co- reports indicate that the Netherlands will need between 29 and 54 GW of energy storage
located with wind and solar assets at the capacity by 2050.
Widnet smart grid, at the Wageningen “Wärtsilä sees a major opportunity and paramount need to help our customers increase
University & Research test centre energy storage deployment throughout Europe in order to realise a 100% renewable
in Lelystad. Eneco, a leading energy energy future,” said Pekka Tolonen, Director, Europe, Wärtsilä Energy. “This is an important
provider in the Netherlands, will use the milestone for Wärtsilä as our first project in the Netherlands. We’re thrilled to add yet
battery to make its energy services more another country to our 4 GWh portfolio of market-leading energy storage technology
sustainable and add more renewable deployments worldwide.”
energy on the grid. The energy storage The Buffalo battery will be the first large-scale energy storage project based on lithium
battery will also help to optimise the iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry in Europe, which provides enhanced safety features and uses
power system, regulate energy frequency less vulnerable natural resources. The project will include Wärtsilä’s GridSolv Quantum, a
and reliability on the grid and improve fully integrated, modular and compact energy storage system, as well as the GEMS Digital
revenues. As the largest energy storage Energy Platform, Wärtsilä’s sophisticated energy management system. It will be optimised
project in the Netherlands to date, it with Wärtsilä’s Service+ GAP solution, which provides maintenance with performance
will store the equivalent of the annual guarantees. Wärtsilä will supply the energy storage system under an extended equipment
energy consumption of more than 9000 delivery and a long-term service agreement.
households each year.
“The Buffalo battery will help stabilise Contact Mirja-Maija Santala, Wärtsilä Energy, mirja-maija.santala@wartsila.com,
the Netherlands’ electricity grid and save a www.wartsila.com/energy

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