Battery storage systems

Battery storage systems support the integration of electricity from wind and solar power.

Vattenfall also offers batteries as fossil-free storage solutions. With battery storage, industrial customers can manage their consumption more flexibly by capping peak loads, with the so-called peak shaving. Peak shaving is a technique that lowers power consumption in times of maximum demand and thus reduces costs.

In areas with weak electricity supply, Vattenfall uses large batteries to increase capacity at peak times in order to avoid expensive grid expansion, or when waiting for transmission system operator (TSO) grid expansions, for example in the Swedish city of Uppsala.

Battery storage systems have the potential to play a key role in integrating renewable energy into the power grid. Vattenfall operates large battery storage systems in combination with wind and solar parks at several locations in Europe. These combined systems, also known as hybrid parks, balance the feed-in for greater stability of the power grid. Vattenfall’s newly built Haringvliet Energy Park in the Netherlands is the largest hybrid park in Europe.

Hybrid parks combine batteries, wind and solar power

With the Haringvliet hybrid energy park in the Netherlands, Vattenfall is combining the three technologies of battery, wind and solar for the first time.

Uppsala

Vattenfall is constructing an unique battery storage facility in Uppsala, Sweden.

Battery storage in Uppsala

Pen y Cymoedd

A 22 MW battery is operational at one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms, Pen y Cymoedd.

PenYComoedd wind farm

Princess Alexia

At the Princess Alexia wind farm in the Netherlands, 88 BMW batteries have been connected to form a mega battery for storing electricity from wind energy.

Windfarm Princess Alexia

Boliden and Landskrona Energi

Vattenfall, Boliden and Landskrona Energi, with support from the Swedish Energy Agency, are conducting a research project and investing in a new battery storage facility in Landskrona.

Ray wind farm

A battery storage system with a capacity of 20 MW is planned at the Ray wind farm in the United Kingdom.

Ray Windfarm

Mobile batteries

Batteries are also suitable for mobile deployment. A mobile battery storage system from Vattenfall allowed snowmobiles and electric vehicles at the 2019 World Ski Championships to be charged with carbon-free power at all times.

Snowmobile

News and press releases

Volvo electric truck

A real e-transport challenge: 300 kilometres running on electricity in polar climate carrying 14 tonnes of iron ore

Managing to electrify heavy transport is an important element in the climate transition, but is it even possible above the polar circle?

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Curslack-Hamburg, combined battery storage facility and wind farm

Hybrid parks – new opportunities with multi-technology facilities

Combining wind, solar, batteries and in future even electrolysers, allows hybrid parks to be more cost effective by sharing infrastructure such as roads, grid connections or substations and ...

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Steel mill

Decarbonisation through electrification – a comprehensive overview

Although climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, it holds immense opportunities for creative and innovative solutions. Vattenfall has a unique position to seize these op...

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Heijmans GreenBattery Amsterdam. Photo: Han Huiskamp
Photo: Han Huiskamp

Batteries make construction easier and more sustainable for Dutch Heijmans

In the Netherlands construction company Heijmans uses GreenBattery instead of diesel generators on its way to a CO2-free building environment.

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The energy park Haringvliet Zuid in the Netherlands

Vattenfall’s largest hybrid energy park is taking shape in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands Vattenfall is constructing its so far largest hybrid energy park, Energy Park Haringvliet Zuid, featuring an efficient combination of wind turbines, solar panels and batte...

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Vattenfall and Northvolt has launched a new battery energy storage solution, Mobile Voltpack

Northvolt and Vattenfall launch battery energy storage solution

Modular lithium-ion battery solution Voltpack Mobile System could be an alternative for diesel generators and more.

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