- Wärtsilä will supply a 5.2MWh battery system for the Beimen Energy Storage project.
- The system will help ensure frequency regulation and enhance system stability.
- Taiwan plans to generate 20% of its energy from clean energy sources by 2025.
Wärtsilä is set to supply an energy storage system to help regular frequency in the Taiwanese ancillary service market. The energy system is expected to help the country as it bids to meet its 20 per cent clean energy target by 2025.
The battery, which will have a capacity of 5.2MW/5.2MWh, was ordered this month by Shangfa Construction. The company will construct the energy storage system for North-Star International’s Beimen Energy Storage project. The system will be sited in the Kaohsiung city and is expected to become operational by Q1 2022.
Taiwan’s state-owned power company, Taiwan Power Company, has launched a day-ahead ancillary service market that includes frequency regulation, spinning reserve and supplement reserve services. The energy storage system will enable North-Star International to provide frequency regulation and spinning reserve services.
Taiwan plans to generate 20 per cent of its energy from solar and wind sources by 2025, with an additional 15GW of offshore wind to be added by 2035. Frequency regulation will enable the integration of renewables. The Wärtsilä energy storage system will support frequency stability and enhance the system reliability. These features are necessary to aid industries such as semiconductor manufacturing.