improvisation will increase battery storage commitment with the development eight projectspredominantly hybrid with photovoltaic plants in Spain, where the company plans to invest 117 million €company reported.
The energy company has initiated procedures for the development of these facilities to be owned. 145 megawatts of power (MW) and 290 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage capacity. Specifically, each of the seven hybrid solar storage projects will have a capacity of 20 MW and will be located at the Carpio photovoltaic facilities in the province of Toledo; Picón I, Picón II Picón III and La Nava in the province of Ciudad Real; and Tabernas I and II in Almeria.
In addition, the energy company headed by Francisco Reynés has also begun procedures to set up a power plant. ‘independent’ battery storage system in Vigo (Pontevedra). This facility, which will be directly connected to the grid, will have a power of 5 MW and a storage capacity of 10 MWh.
Jorge Barredo, the group’s general manager of Renewables, New Businesses and Innovation, said that the beginning of these developments “Another step in Naturgy’s strategy to become a leader energy transition in spainwith a new technology that contributes to strengthening the application of renewable energies”.
Naturgy estimates the total storage capacity of these eight hybrid lithium-ion battery projects with photovoltaic generation is 101,500 MWh per year. Consumption of more than 29,000 homes for two hours. The energy group plans to start the construction of these projects in 2024 in order to be operational in 2025.
Storage experience
Naturgy already exists Experience in the development of battery storage at an international levelthrough its international manufacturing subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG), which connected its first worldwide battery storage facility to the Australian grid last February.
Located near Canberra, the ACT Battery project has a power of 10 MW and a storage capacity of 20 MWh, equivalent to the consumption of 3,000 homes in two hours. In Australia, Naturgy plans to invest 160 million to develop the Cunderdin project, the first hybrid solar project to combine photovoltaic technology and storage batteries.