The German village of Feldheim is self-sufficient in wind power. Now, test that store electricity in Europe’s biggest battery.
The German wind power company Enercon and its partners Energiequelle GmbH will try to store electricity from wind turbines in a giant battery. It writes the Danish newspaper engineer today.
Electricity generated from 43 wind turbines in the German village of Feldheim, located near Berlin, to be stored in a battery which has a capacity storing five megawatts and a power of ten megawatts. The battery will be good to have cold winter days – when there is no wind – and is said to be able to provide the village with the power of an entire day.
Battery consists of lithium-ion components and manufactured by LG Chem. It will occupy a space of 500 square meters with a transformer. The plant will cost 97 million Danish kroner and construction began in June.
No comments:
Post a Comment