The Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, recently visited in Constanța county the largest storage capacity of electrical energy in batteries in Romania, an investment belonging to the Monsson.
The storage unit has an installed capacity of 24 MWh – (6MWx4h) and is built by Monsson in a unique patent-pending project. The unit uses domestically produced batteries. The objective visited by Minister Burduja is part of a larger storage capacity and represents precisely the first stage of it, which will have a total of 216 MWh. The concept developed in Constanța county is modular and lends itself to large storage solutions, using the latest monitoring and safety technologies currently available in our country for this type of product. The monitoring and control software is created by the Monsson team and is usable for complex systems, both for solar-wind-storage hybrid projects and for energy trading. The Monsson solution uses batteries from the domestic industry, produced by the Romanian company Prime Batteries Technology. The storage unit will be charged with energy produced by the existing 50MW Wind Farm in operation, with photovoltaic energy produced by the 35MW Galbiori 2 Photovoltaic Park financed by PNRR, as well as from the national grid, when there is no wind or sun. The control of the hybrid project is fully automated, remotely, without local operational personnel and works in an integrated system, through Monsson’s own software.
Monsson is currently developing the second phase of the 216MWh battery energy storage project, which phase consists of the construction of 96MWh, consisting of 3 storage blocks of 8MW x 4h each, in an advanced stage of construction, more exactly they reached over 90%. The third phase of the project will most likely start in January 2025.
“I am pleased to see in Constanța county, in Mireasa, an example of what Romania can do in the green transition, with clean energy, for the next generations. We are talking about a storage capacity in batteries that allows us to store some of the intermittent, green energy that we have when the wind is blowing or when the sun is shining and use it at other time intervals and thus benefit from more secure energy , at a lower price, truly clean energy. Here we are talking about an example of good practice, because 98% of all equipment is manufactured in the European Union, and over 60% is manufactured in our country. It is very important that the 35MW Galbiori 2 solar park, which is part of this energy complex, is financed by the Ministry of Energy, through PNRR. It is one of the contracts we are proud of. Energy production and storage are key objectives of my mandate, because they will mean security and fair prices in bills. So far we have signed 297 contracts for new renewable energy production capacities, with a total value of more than 2 billion euros and an installed capacity of 1881 MW. We are on the last hundred meters with the storage investments from the PNRR – we will soon sign the contracts for 1500 MWh in storage capacities. We will see these investments completed in 2025-2026,” said Sebastian Burduja, Minister of Energy.
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“The investment is made from own sources and was initiated with the aim of reducing the volatility of renewable energy production from its own portfolio and as a potential aid for balancing the National Energy System. The first phase of the project is already operational and accredited, and the second phase will start testing on November 15, 2024. We believe that Romania immediately needs as much storage capacity as possible. The modular energy storage technology that we have developed in-house and that we are successfully using allows for the rapid construction and safe and efficient operation of the facility for at least 30 years,” said Sebastian Enache, a member of the Monsson board.
Present for over 20 years on the renewable energy market in Romania, the Monsson company has become the main developer of electricity projects from renewable sources, through a portfolio of over 5GW, wind and photovoltaic. Monsson provides Design, Development, Construction and Operation services for renewable energy projects as well as innovative battery energy storage projects.
