Multinational electricity distribution firm Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) and Toshiba have announced a collaborative testing and verification programme for Toshiba’s transportable lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS).
The five year demo project will be undertaken at a distribution substation in Madrid and moved to different locations in the future. It is supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO), as part of its programme for “Development of Large Scale Energy Storage System with High Safety and Cost Competitiveness.”
The aim is to see effectiveness of the BESS in contributing to peak shaving and managing electric supply at specific sites with fluctuating power demands.
In addition, management of power and voltage fluctuations caused by renewable energy sources will be evaluated. The demonstration equipment consists in a transportable BESS with 500kW output and 776kWh capacity.
Toshiba and GNF are hoping the BESS will make a worthwhile contribution to establishing metropolitan distribution networks with stable power supply, even with the use of integrated renewables.
