Poland’s state-owned power producer PGE is working on the largest energy storage facility in Europe with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW). The project obtained a preliminary license from Poland’s energy regulator.
Polish state-owned power company PGE Group (WSE:PGE) is planning to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) of at least 200 MW/820MWh which will be linked to an existing pumped-storage power plant in the north of Poland. The project has obtained the first license promise in Poland for electricity storage, PGE said in a press release.
The promise was issued by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office. PGE Group is working on the largest energy storage facility in Europe. The project obtained the first license promise in Poland for electricity storage.
I accept the Terms of use and the Privacy Policy Poland's state-owned power producer PGE is working on the largest energy storage facility in Europe with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW).
The project has obtained the first license promise in Poland for electricity storage, PGE said in a press release. The storage system will be set up at the 716-MW Zarnowiec pumped-storage power plant with 3,600 MWh of storage capacity. The hybrid system will be capable of supplying power to about 200,000 households for at least five hours.
“Our strategic goal is to have 800 MW of new energy storage installed capacity in Poland by 2030 to ensure the safe integration of new renewable energy sources and contribute to the stabilisation of the power system thus improving energy security,” said Wojciech Dąbrowski, CEO of PGE.