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Wärtsilä lands energy storage project at Hickory Park Solar in the U.S. 4/6/2021
Wärtsiläâs 40 MW / 80 MWh DC-coupled solar-plus-storage hybrid system to North American renewable developer introduces smart bidding solution.
The technology group Wärtsilä has again demonstrated its capabilities in advanced energy storage solutions with the award of a contract to supply an engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) of a 40 MW / 80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project in Georgia, USA. The owner of the project is RWE Renewables, one of the worldâs leading renewable energy companies. The Wärtsilä system will enable a subsidiary of RWE Renewables, Hickory Park Solar, LLC, to sell nearly 200 MW of generation from the solar PV panels to Georgia Power Company. The order was booked by Wärtsilä in Q4 2020.
Tuesday, 06 April 2021 The technology group Wärtsilä has again demonstrated its capabilities in advanced energy storage solutions with the award of a contract to supply an engineered equipment delivery (EEQ) of a 40 MW / 80 MWh DC-coupled solar plus storage system to the Hickory Park Solar project in Georgia. The owner of the project is RWE Renewables, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies. The Wärtsilä system will enable a subsidiary of RWE Renewables, Hickory Park Solar, LLC, to sell nearly 200 MW of generation from the solar PV panels to Georgia Power Company. The order was booked by Wärtsilä in Q4 2020.
Wartsila has won a contract to supply a 40MW / 80 megawatt-hour DC-coupled storage system for the Hickory Park solar project in Georgia, US, being developed by RWE Renewables.
Delivery of the Wartsila storage system is scheduled for September 2021, and the plant is expected to commence commercial operations in November.
Wartsila’s GEMS digital energy platform will control the entire hybrid plant, comprising close to 200MW solar PV as well as the 40MW battery.
The Wartsila system will enable a subsidiary of RWE Renewables, Hickory Park Solar, to sell nearly 200MW of generation from the solar farm to Georgia Power Company.
Wartsila’s IntelliBidder auto-bidding solution allows Hickory Park Solar to provide Georgia Power a day-ahead firming solar plus storage profile, which will improve the predictability of the intermittent generation.
40 MW / 80 MWh energy storage project with a leading renewable energy company highlights Wärtsilä s technical capabilities powermag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from powermag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.