Battery storage pipeline exceeds 1 GW in Romania
Major energy companies expand battery storage projects across Romania, combining BESS with renewables and boosting grid stability.
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Romania: Romania is rapidly expanding its battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, with investors rolling out new projects alongside solar, wind and hydropower plants, as well as standalone facilities. The wave of investment highlights the growing role of storage in the country’s energy transition.
R.Power, which has more than half of its European pipeline in storage projects, is set to build a 127 MW facility in Scornicești, Olt County. Backed by $17.5 M (€15 M) in National Recovery and Resilience Plan funding, the system will have two hours’ duration and is due to be completed within a year. The company also plans to hybridise future PV projects and scale up to several gigawatts of integrated capacity.
State-owned Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest electricity producer, intends to install a 64 MW, 256 MWh BESS at the Iron Gate 2 hydro plant on the Danube. The $71.5 M (€61.2 M) project aims to provide balancing services to the national grid.
French energy firm Engie is working on several projects, including a 20 MW, 80 MWh storage unit at its newest solar plant near Bucharest and a smaller facility at its Băleni wind park.
Other developers are also moving forward. Visual Fan is building storage projects with Eurowind Energy and Renovatio Trading, while Austria’s Verbund is investing $26.5 M (€22.7 M) in a 76 MWh facility at its Casimcea wind farm.
Government support has been strong, with more than $117 M (€100 M) in grants awarded so far. Romania’s battery storage capacity stood at 240.7 MW in May, marking the technology’s rise as a key element of the future energy system.
Source: Balkan Green Energy News
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