Along with a 5.2MW, 2.9MWh fully integrated BESS, Leclanché will provide Energodata its proprietary energy management software (EMS) which will be installed in the Veolia gas power plant in Western Slovakia.
"It [BESS + EMS] will be used to help the plant comply with new European secondary frequency control regulations for automatic frequency restoration reserve (aFRR)," Leclanché said in a statement.
The recent regulation which comes into effect on January 1, 2022, requires the plant to deliver its full power when requested by the transmission system operator (TSO), in just 7.5 minutes instead of the current 15 minutes.
ENERGODATA and Leclanche intend to use the technology to enable the gas power plant to shorten the time taken to reach its full power by 50 percent. ENERGODATA will also be working with Slovak EPC contractor TESLA Blue Planet for the supply of system including Energidata's control system which will interface between the TSO and Leclanché’s EMS and BESS.
"This is now the first time in Eastern Europe that an energy storage system is being deployed to help an existing power plant to support secondary frequency control. This is a further contribution to stabilizing the European grid and helping to integrate more and more renewable production,” said Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.
Leclanché has previously provided BESS for primary frequency control with Almelo in Holland, Cremzow in Germany, and the PJM in the United States.
The system is scheduled to be installed and fully operational by the end of this year.
- By Shraddha Kakade
Asst. Editor, Emerging Technology News.