The cornerstone was laid for the largest battery park in continental Europe in Kiisa, Estonia
The cornerstone was laid today for the largest battery park complex in continental Europe, in Kiisa, Estonia, by Baltic Storage Platform. This is an important step to ensure the synchronisation of the Baltic countries to the European grid in 2025.
Baltic Storage Platform, a joint venture between the Estonian energy company Evecon, the French solar energy producer Corsica Sole and Mirova, an asset manager dedicated to sustainable finance, aims at building two battery storage parks in Harju County with a total power output of 200 MW and a total production capacity of 400 MWh. The first project should be commissioned by the end of 2025 and should be followed by the second park in 2026.
‘This is a historic moment for both Estonia and for the entire Baltic energy sector for two reasons. First, this is an extremely important and real step to prepare the synchronisation of for the Baltic countries. Secondly, no one has yet built such a large complex of battery parks in continental Europe. I believe that laying the cornerstone together with our good partners from Corsica Sole and Mirova will not be the last, and we will continue to act to ensure energy security in this area,’ said the CEO of Evecon, Karl Kull.
‘We are proud to bring our expertise on energy storage system that we have developed from our origin in the French Islands and that we now export to the rest of Europe to provide the services necessary for the stability of electricity networks and impower the integration of renewable energies,’ said Michael Coudyser, CEO of Corsica Sole
‘We are particularly proud to participate in the decarbonisation and energy independence of the Baltic countries through the deployment of new clean energy production and storage capacities. At the origin of the relationship between our partners Corsica Sole, and Evecon, we have very logically chosen to strengthen the financial capacity of their common platform dedicated to storage to allow it to deploy more capacity in the Baltic countries. This significant milestone speaks to Estonia’s ambitions in deploying local energy storage capacities, which we are pleased to support through our energy transition investment strategy,’ added Raphael Lance, Head of Energy Transition Funds at Mirova
‘Estonia has a clear goal – by 2030, the amount of electricity we consume must come from renewable sources. Energy storage plays an important role here, because we need to store solar and wind energy for moments when nature is currently resting. The development of storage systems helps to ensure a clean, reliable and affordable energy future for the people of Estonia,’ said Climate Minister Yoko Alender.
The battery park under construction and its substation will be connected to the electricity transmission network with a 330 kV AC underground cable, which is a first in Estonia.
More info: https://balticstorageplatform.ee/
