Increasing the flexibility of the energy system is at the heart of Herren’s strategy, with the company aiming to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations by 2030 and eliminate fossil fuels from the energy mix by 2040. said CEO Ori Sirkka. The new BESS joins Fingrid’s reserve auxiliary services market.
The BESS project will consist of 36 lithium-ion shipping container-sized modules, but Herren did not reveal the donor.
International conglomerate Siemens is developing the project in collaboration with Every and will continue as its operating and management partner, Herren said. Siemens and US utility and energy company AES have a controlling stake in Fluence, one of the world’s largest BESS providers (which coincidentally announced its latest financial results yesterday evening).
Although Herren did not disclose energy storage capacity in megawatt hours (MWh), he did publicize expansion plans for the project that could potentially “double storage capacity.” However, it is unclear whether that means megawatt power or an undisclosed megawatt-hour capacity.
New BESS projects in Finland are generally moving towards two-hour projects, including the largest under construction of 112.9MWh by IPP Neoen, optimizer Capalo AI explained in its coverage of the project last week. Essentially, with the new state of charge rules and increased opportunities in energy trading, the business case is beyond his hour.
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