{"id":76966,"date":"2022-11-10T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=76966"},"modified":"2022-11-21T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:58:42","slug":"wartsila-releases-next-generation-grid-balancing-engine-solution-wartsila-31sg-balancer-to-enable-renewables-at-lower-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/wartsila-releases-next-generation-grid-balancing-engine-solution-wartsila-31sg-balancer-to-enable-renewables-at-lower-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 releases next-generation grid balancing engine solution W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 31SG Balancer to enable renewables at lower cost"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Corporation,\u00a0<\/span>Trade press release,\u00a0<\/span>9 November 2022 at 13:00 UTC+2<\/p>\n

The technology group W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 today launches its next-generation grid balancing technology, designed to provide flexible grid capacity even in adverse weather conditions and enable renewables to perform as the lowest-cost, most resilient power source for grids worldwide.<\/p>\n

The solution is based on three fully integrated key components: the W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 31SG Balancer engine, prefabricated modules for cost-efficient plant construction, and W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Lifecycle services. The W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 31SG Balancer offers\u00a012400kW (8% more power) at a heat rate of 6800 Btu\/kWh \/+50% efficiency, lowering the cost and risk of the renewable transition through flexible, resilient capacity. The new engine technology is designed to provide power producers with fast-ramping balancing power, which can be scaled up as the share of renewables in power systems increases. The engine can start and ramp up rapidly to support intermittent renewable generation so that the lowest cost cleanest energy technology can become the dominant power source.<\/p>\n

The engine in the W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 31SG Balancer solution has been designed especially for U.S. environmental conditions, including adverse weather, to provide the optimal flexible technology and ensure continued running at times of extreme cold, or heat, from -40\u00b0C – +45\u00b0C\u00a0\/-40\u00b0F –\u00a0+113\u00b0F.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtreme weather is intensifying \u2013 and \u2018weatherization\u2019 is now a requirement in states such as Texas. Through the freezing winter blackouts in Texas last winter and California\u2019s heatwave this summer, renewable plants supported by our engines kept running. Our fast-ramping, agile engines are designed for the climate-changed world utilities now operate in, enabling the greater deployment of renewables in grids around the world,\u201d said Risto Paldanius, Vice President, Americas, W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Energy.<\/p>\n

The W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 31SG Balancer responds to market needs with a cost-efficient plant construction design, based on prefabricated, high-quality power plant modules. It reduces time-to-electricity with 30% less site work than traditional construction methods.<\/p>\n

The key features of the W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 31SG Balancer:<\/p>\n