A great investment has started: The construction of a large -scale Żarnowiec electricity warehouse with 262 MW and a capacity of approx. 981 MWh was officially started. It is to be put into use in two years. His Cost this over one and a half billion zlotys. It will be the largest investment of this type in the country and one of the largest in Europe. – It will ensure better energy balancing in the power network by giving power to the system during periods of increased demand and at the same time insufficient renewable energy production, and taking it in time of overproduction from renewable sources – explained Dariusz Marzec, president of PGE. The Żarnowiecki warehouse is to contribute to the stabilization of the power system, as well as to lower current prices. It is to provide clean energy for up to 250 thousand. households.
Ambitious plans: By the way Poland The energy group announced the construction of over 80 energy warehouses by 2035 with a total capacity of over 10,000 MWh. The company intends to spend on it PLN 18 billion. I am talking about energy storage of all types: large and small battery and a peak-pumped hammers. The group currently has energy warehouses with a capacity of nearly 7000 MWh. Further investments are to be built in Gryfino (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) Rybnik (Śląskie Voivodeship), Rogowiec (Łódź Voivodeship) and in Krakow (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). Ultimately, the energy from warehouses is to reach 2.5 million Polish households 24 hours a day. The minister of the climate and the environment Paulina Hennig-Kloska emphasized that Poland is great square energy construction.
Great expansion: President Dariusz Marzec emphasized that the Żarnowiecki magazine is part of a larger mosaic. He reminded that the company had recently announced the start of the construction of the PGE Baltica 2 wind farm. In addition, the investment will be located in the vicinity of the company belonging to the Żarnowiec Power Plant. In addition, PGE is working on a project of 75 distributed electricity warehouses throughout Poland with a total capacity of over 6000 MWh. – Flexibility is a Holy Grail today. Those who quickly build energy warehouses will be able to count on a large bonus because they will be the first. And they will take care of the security of the entire system – emphasized Jakub Jaworowski, minister of state assets.
Sources: PGEIAR