14 large-scale battery storage systems (BESS) have come online in Sweden to deploy 211 MW / 211 MWh into the region. Developer and optimiser Ingrid Capacity and energy storage owner-operator BW ESS have been working in partnership to deliver 14 large-scale BESS projects throughout Sweden’s grid, situated in electricity price areas SE3 and SE4.
Sweden’s largest energy storage investment, totaling 211 MW, goes live, combining 14 sites. 14 large-scale battery storage systems (BESS) have come online in Sweden to deploy 211 MW / 211 MWh into the region.
For example, it has not been possible for energy storage to serve as a frequency reserve in Sweden (ENTSO-E and WGAS, 2018). Hence, this is a barrier for the deployment of energy storage. However, there are new changes in the Swedish balancing markets that will impact the possibilities for BESS to deliver frequency regulation.
The Swedish Energy Agency is launching the Battery Arena, not only to help with the coordination of actors, but also to get involved in hands-on problem-solving on critical action areas which include, but are not limited to:
But neither were built and energized by the time RES switched on the Elektra Energy Storage Project, a 20 MW / 20 MWh project, called Sweden’s largest battery storage project at the time, in late April. And the claim by Ingrid Capacity depends on how you see things.
The goal is that by 2045, Sweden should have net-zero GHG emissions to the atmosphere (Regeringskansliet, 2018). Within the electricity system, the targets are that in 2030, the energy use should be 50 % more efficient than in 2005, and in 2040, the electricity production should be from 100 % renewables.