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Axpo and Energix Optimize Poland's Largest Battery Energy Storage System

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Axpo and Energix, a leading renewable energy developer and independent power producer, have signed an agreement to optimize Poland's largest battery energy storage system (BESS) in Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania. The BESS has a capacity of 24 MW and 56 MWh and will support Poland's transition to a more flexible and resilient power grid. The agreement marks another milestone in Axpo's efforts to optimize energy storage facilities in Poland.

Key Takeaways:

  • Axpo and Energix have signed an agreement to optimize Poland's first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania.
  • The BESS has a capacity of 24 MW and 56 MWh and will support Poland's transition to a more flexible and resilient power grid.
  • The Nowe Czarnowo energy storage facility is strategically located near the Krajnik power station, where Energix wind and photovoltaic farms already operate.
  • Axpo will provide full commercial and technical-regulatory support to the BESS, integrating it with the wholesale and balancing markets and associated ancillary services.
  • The agreement covers a percentage split of profits generated by the storage facility between Axpo and Energix.
  • The contract also covers essential needs for an energy storage investor, such as handling of the capacity obligation and the prequalification to ancillary services market.
  • Axpo enjoys a long-standing partnership with Energix, including seven renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) covering 300 MW of wind and 40 MW of photovoltaic capacity.
  • Mateusz Marczewski, Managing Director of Axpo in Poland, highlighted Axpo's flexible solutions that can rapidly bring to market new services that stabilise the grid and increase the profitability of renewable projects.

Statistics:

  • The Nowe Czarnowo energy storage facility has a capacity of 24 MW and 56 MWh.
  • The facility is expected to be commissioned and prequalified for the balancing market by January 2026.
  • Axpo has developed comprehensive contractual and commercial solutions for the optimisation of battery energy storage systems.
  • The company has been active in the development, construction, and commercial optimisation of large-scale battery systems in Switzerland and Europe for several years.

Sources:

  • Axpo Holding AG press release, Oct. 29.

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