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The technology group W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 will supply a battery energy storage system (BESS) to AGL Energy Limited, one of Australia\u2019s leading integrated energy companies. The 250 MW \/ 250 MWh system will be installed at the Torrens Island\u00a0in South Australia. It will be AGL\u2019s first grid-scale BESS project, and the second biggest in Australia. When installed, the system will support a broad portfolio of generating assets, both thermal and renewable, and help Australia to decarbonise and transition towards 100% renewable energy future. The order with W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 was booked in July 2021.<\/p>\n
AGL is an integrated essential service provider with electricity generation capacity of more than 11,000 MW, representing approximately 20 percent of the total generating capacity within Australia\u2019s National Electricity Market (NEM).<\/p>\n
The order of more than 100 MEUR is the first placed under a framework agreement signed between W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 and AGL in 2020 for the supply of energy storage projects. AGL plans up to 1 GW of grid-scale energy storage across Australia, a country with unparalleled renewable energy resources. The flexible capacity provided by W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s advanced BESS provides an efficient means for balancing the supply of energy from renewable sources, thereby maintaining the stability and reliability of the grid. Energy storage technology will play a key role in the Australian energy sector\u2019s transition from conventional fossil fuels towards cleaner, renewable energy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAGL and W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 both share a vision to bring cleaner sustainable energy to the market in the most efficient way possible. We are excited to see our grid-scale energy storage plans coming to life, and work with W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4, a company with a leading position and an impressive track record in energy storage technology, as a project partner,\u201d\u00a0commented AGL Chief Operating Officer, Markus Brokhof.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a landmark project, and we are proud to have been selected as the ESS provider. Renewable generation is growing rapidly in South Australia, and the flexibility of our technology and the in-house experience we bring, can together be instrumental in maintaining a reliable and affordable electricity supply for South Australian consumers \u2013 both household and business \u2013 for years to come,\u201d said\u00a0Sushil Purohit, President, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Energy.<\/p>\n
The Torrens Island system will be delivered by W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 on a full engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) basis,\u00a0and designed to provide grid-support capabilities to AGL\u2019s asset portfolio. It is expected to become operational in the early part of 2023.<\/p>\n
The W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 system will operate initially in grid-following mode before switching at a later date to grid-forming mode (virtual synchronous generation–VSG), making it the largest energy storage solution capable of operating in this mode. This will enable very fast response times and will future-proof the Torrens Island facility. The complex solution is supported by W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s advanced\u00a0GEMS Power Plant Controller<\/a>\u00a0and energy management software.<\/p>\n W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 has earlier supplied a successful 211 MW power plant for AGL,\u00a0the Barker Inlet Power Station<\/a>, also located on Torrens Island. The plant operates with 12\u00a0W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 50DF multi-fuel engines<\/a>\u00a0running on natural gas. The hybrid combination of gas-fuelled combustion engines and energy storage will play an increasingly important role in Australia\u2019s energy future.<\/p>\n Learn more:<\/p>\n Press release:\u00a0W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 selected as a preferred supplier for AGL Energy\u2019s up to 1,000 MW grid-scale energy storage plans<\/a><\/p>\n Article:\u00a0Australia\u2019s renewable capacity set to grow with smart energy management and storage solutions<\/a><\/p>\n W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4\u2019s Energy Storage and Optimisation Technology<\/a><\/p>\n Media contact for more information on this release:<\/p>\n P\u00e4ivi H\u00f6yl\u00e4 Image caption: W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4’s 250 MW \/ 250 MWh battery energy storage system to be built at the South Australian Torrens Island Power Station, supporting the island continent’s decarbonisation ambitions.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation<\/em><\/p>\n All W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 releases are available at\u00a0https:\/\/www.wartsila.com\/media\/news-releases<\/a>\u00a0and at\u00a0http:\/\/news.cision.com\/wartsila-corporation<\/a>\u00a0where also the images can be downloaded.<\/p>\n W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Energy in brief<\/strong> W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 in brief<\/strong> \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation, Press release, 9 August 2021 at 8:00 AM E. Europe Standard Time The technology group W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 will supply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[4232,4228,3408,4229,4231,4230,3447,3237],"class_list":["post-54914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-affordableelectricitysupply","tag-aglenergylimited","tag-batteryenergystoragesystem","tag-bess","tag-cleanersustainableenergy","tag-gridscaleenergystorage","tag-renewableenergy","tag-wartsila"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","month_date":"Aug","day_date":"9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nW\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Energy\u00a0leads the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. We help our customers in decarbonisation by developing market-leading technologies. These cover future-fuel enabled balancing power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology, including the GEMS energy management\u00a0platform. W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Energy\u2019s lifecycle services are designed to increase efficiency, promote reliability and guarantee operational performance. Our track record comprises 74 GW of power plant capacity and more than 80 energy storage systems delivered to 180 countries around the world.\u00a0https:\/\/www.wartsila.com\/energy<\/a><\/p>\n
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