Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has obtained the irrevocable allow for the development of a 600 MW/2,400 MWh battery vitality storage system (BESS) venture in Belgium.
Netherlands-based Giga Storage has obtained the irrevocable allow for the development of a 600 MW/2,400 MWh BESS venture in Belgium known as the GIGA Inexperienced Turtle. This milestone ensures that financing for the venture, which is ready to be Europe’s largest, will be organized.
The venture can be situated in Dilsen-Stokkem in jap Belgium, and is positioned adjoining to a brand new 380 kV high-voltage station run by transmission system operator Elia. The location is situated on the high-voltage line from Van Eyck to Gramme.
The battery park can be constructed on an industrial property that was beforehand dwelling to a zinc manufacturing facility. Previously, there have been already plans for the belief of a battery park at this location by one other vitality firm earlier than Giga Storage acquired the land from the zinc manufacturing facility homeowners.
The venture will function 20 batteries, every with an inverter, 185 medium voltage transformers, 5 high-voltage transformers with a complete capability of 1,500 MVA, in addition to 25,650 sq. meters of planting zone across the new battery park.
GIGA Inexperienced Turtle will retailer the typical vitality consumption of 330,000 households yearly and feed it again into the electrical energy grid, the developer mentioned.
Development is predicted to begin in 2025, with an estimated completion in 2028. In line with the developer, the system will play a key function in Belgium and Europe’s vitality transition.
“By creating utility-scale vitality storage at strategic places, vitality costs will change into extra secure, and we are going to change into much less depending on the import of (fossil) vitality,” Ruud Nijs, CEO of GIGA Storage mentioned in January when the venture was first introduced. “Whereas this venture would be the largest battery in Europe, far more storage capability can be wanted within the coming years.”
Giga Storage mentioned it goals to ship 5 GW of BESS initiatives in Europe by 2030. Initiatives such because the 300 MW/1,200 MWh BESS within the Delfzijl area within the Netherlands are already beneath growth, and the corporate expects to announce a number of extra initiatives in varied European international locations within the coming years.
The Dutch developer has beforehand delivered a 12 MW/7.5 MWh battery within the Netherlands in 2020, adopted by one other 25 MW/48 MWh system in 2022. In line with its web site, Giga Storage has one other venture in its pipeline, a 300 MW battery park situated close to the Van Eyck high-voltage station in Kinrooi, solely 15 kilometers away from the GIGA Inexperienced Turtle location.
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