Fourteen large battery storage systems (BESS) have come online in Sweden, deploying 211 MW/211 MWh for the region.
Developer and optimiser Ingrid Capacity and storage owner-operator BW ESS have been working together to deliver 14 large BESS projects across the Swedish grid in tariff zones SE3 and SE4.
At the time, Sweden's Minister of Climate and Environment, Romina Pourmokhtari, was responsible for overseeing the grid connection. In comments at the ceremony, Pourmokhtari said, ‘It is a great honour to launch the largest investment in energy storage in the Nordics, with 211 MW of electricity currently connected to the grid. ‘Thanks to the efforts of Ingrid Capacity and BW ESS, we are reducing grid congestion and increasing power generation.’
Flexible solutions such as large-scale battery storage have proven to be both cost-effective and scalable,’ says Axel Holmberg, CEO of Ingrid Capacity. It reduces costs for society while creating opportunities for industrial development and electrification, which are crucial for Sweden's future competitiveness and green transition.
Ingrid Capacity develops BESS projects, typically retaining a stake in the project while selling it to a long-term owner. Once commissioned and online, Ingrid will operate the system in the electricity market and monetise the assets.Ingrid is also developing projects with Locus Energy, a division of SEB Nordic Energy, to develop 196 MW of BESS, also in the SE3 and SE4 regions of Sweden.
For Ingrid, the goal is to collectively have more than 400 MW/400 MWh of flexible dispatch assets in Sweden, while expanding further into Europe, claiming a total development pipeline of 6+ GW. The title of ‘Nordic Biggest’ is an interesting goal for an ESS company. Deciding which project is the largest may depend on the definition.
For example, Neoen claimed to hold the record in January, when it announced a 93.9 MW/93.9 MWh project at Isbillen Power Reserve in Sweden on 30 January. In March, a 50 MW/100 MWh expansion project was announced for the Boden industrial park between Bodens Energi, Vattenfall and Polar Structure, thus breaking the record for announced projects.
However, neither of these projects had been completed and energised when RES launched the Elektra energy storage project in late April, a 20 MW/20 MWh project billed as Sweden's largest battery storage project at the time.
The asset broadly consists of 14 projects in Sweden, including Falköping (16 MW), Karlskrona (16 MW), Katrineholm (20 MW), Mjölby (8 MW), Sandviken (20 MW), Vaggeryd (11 MW), Värnamo (20 MW) and Vä sterås (11 MW). Six other projects contributed 89 MW.
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