EDP Renewables installs a new energy storage system connected to a solar PV plant

EDP Renewables, a leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the world’s largest wind energy producers, has commissioned a battery energy storage system (BESS) today connected to the Bailesti solar PV plant in Romania. It is the company’s first energy storage plant connected to a solar PV plant; it previously set up another plant connected to a wind farm in the same country. When there is excess production, the system will charge the batteries, and when production is lower than expected, the energy stored in the batteries will be provided to consumers. Duarte Bello, COO of EDP Renewables EU&BR, said: “This project represents a step further in the modernisation of energy storage plants. It is a disruptive breakthrough in the energy market, which turns renewable energies, such as wind and solar power, into consistently available energy sources, as well as making them more efficient and reliable”.