Finnish firm Wärtsilä, which provides technology and lifecycle solutions to the marine and energy markets, is entering the Belgian energy storage market by supplying a 25 MW/100 MWh energy storage system under an extended equipment delivery and a long-term service agreement.
The system will balance the grid by regulating fluctuations, like changes in wind energy production. It will include the GridSolv Quantum modular energy storage system and the GEMS Digital Energy Platform, an energy management system. Wärtsilä’s Service+ GAP solution will be used to optimize the system, which is expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2022.
“This project is notable for Wärtsilä as our first project in Belgium to-date, and another important milestone on adding state-of-the-art flexibility to the power system,” said Pekka Tolonen, Energy Business Director, Europe, Wärtsilä. “We see a major opportunity and paramount need to increase deployment of energy storage in Europe, allowing to harness the full benefit of intermittent renewable energy across the continent.”
Energy projects like these will help Belgium balance its grid as it prepares to phase out nuclear power by 2025 and expands offshore wind energy deployments.
