As established, modern and flexible engine power plants are an ideal solution as balancing power, due to their flexibility in both fuels and operation profiles. This is needed as batteries alone cannot fulfill the balancing need for fluctuating renewable power sources. Flexible capacity must be ready to start quickly at any time and capable of […]
Energy storage orders recover in Q2 for Wärtsilä as sector hit by ‘investment uncertainty’ – EQ Mag Pro
After falling by more than two-thirds in quarter one 2022, energy storage order intake increased 19% in quarter two for marine and energy solutions company Wärtsilä. The Finland-based company said that the global inflationary environment has resulted in higher quotation prices, slower customer decision-making, and considerable uncertainty in the investment environment for energy storage during […]
Wärtsilä signs contracts to supply energy storage systems for one of the world’s largest solar-plus-storage project portfolios – EQ Mag Pro
The technology group Wärtsilä is delivering a 500-megawatt (MWac) / 2-gigawatt hour (GWh) portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group. The contracts cover five sites located in Hawaii and California and include one of the world’s largest ever solar-plus-storage project portfolios. The combination of energy storage and solar […]
Wärtsilä enters South American energy storage market with supply of 8 MW / 32 MWh energy storage system to the leading Chilean power generation company Colbun to accelerate decarbonisation – EQ Mag Pro
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply an 8-megawatt (MW) / 32-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage system to Colbun, one of the largest power generation companies in Chile, to accelerate its transition to renewable energy as the country targets carbon neutrality by 2050. This is Wärtsilä’s first energy storage project in South America. The order was […]
India can halve electricity costs and reach net zero before 2050, according to new report from Wärtsilä
India can cut its overall cost of electricity in half and reach net zero before 2050 by developing a 100% renewable energy power system, according to modelling by global technology company Wärtsilä and the Finnish Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology. The modelling shows a clear, actionable pathway to achieve a net zero electricity system that can […]
Wartsila supplies battery for Taiwan grid
5.2MW/5.2MWh energy storage system will provide frequency regulation once online in Q1 2022 Wartsila will supply an energy storage system that will provide frequency regulation in the ancillary service market for the Taiwanese grid as the country aims for a 20% renewables mix by 2025. The 5.2 MW/5.2 megawatt-hour battery order was placed in August […]
Wartsila Wins ESS Deal From Pivot Power For Two Projects in England
Wartsila said it will supply 100MW / 200MWh of energy storage systems to Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, for its next two projects in the West Midlands, England. Wartsila will install batteries at two sites in the city of Coventry and the borough of Sandwell, on the outskirts of Birmingham, to support the roll-out […]
Pure Hydrogen Engine Test Programme Undertaken By Wärtsilä
Green hydrogen is forecast to deliver 13% of global energy demand by 2070 [1], but at present there are no commercially available engines that can effectively use the fuel, potentially jeopardising global net zero ambitions. As such, the technology group Wärtsilä is now pioneering a milestone testing programme for its balancing gas engines to be […]
Wärtsilä commissions 60MW / 60MWh of battery storage in Philippines
Power and energy systems technology group Wärtsilä has completed work on two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the Philippines. Comprising a 20MW / 20MWh system at a renewable power hub in Toledo and a 40MW / 40MWh at what is thought to be a combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Bataan, […]
Wartsila supplies 200MW Texas storage double
Wartsila is to supply energy storage technology totalling 200MW for two projects in the US state of Texas. The company will also provide 10-year asset performance agreements for the interconnected stand-alone systems. The order was placed by Able Grid Energy Solutions, the utility-scale energy storage project development arm of MAP RE/ES. The Madero and Ignacio […]