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A subsidiary of Monsson Group submitted a battery storage project of just over 2 GWh in capacity for an environmental permit in Romania. The location is near Constanța. According to the latest data, there is only 158 MWh in operation in the entire country.
Investors in battery energy storage systems or BESS in Romania are counting on hefty subsidies from the European Union’s funds. Energy storage is among the main pillars of the country’s energy transition, which has so far mostly leaned on solar power, particularly prosumers. Monsson Group, one of the main players in the battery storage segment, is apparently working on a mammoth project in the southeast.
FocusPress reported that the company’s subsidiary Vital Level submitted a request for an environmental permit to the Constanța Environmental Protection Agency (APM Constanța). The investment is estimated at EUR 540 million, the article adds.
The document shows a facility of 2,016 MWh would be installed in Stupina in the Crucea commune. The site in the country’s southeast spans 20 hectares. Monsson Group’s battery project is not subject to environmental impact assessment.
The idea is for the facility to store surplus wind and solar power and provide flexibility services for the electricity transmission system, particularly in the frequency and voltage segments, the application reveals.
Constanța county and the entire historical region of Dobrogea (also known as Dobruja or Dobrudja) are Romania’s main wind power hub.
Two BESS facilities come online, each with 60 MWh in capacity
Romania hosts BESS units with just 82.4 MW in total capability and 158 MWh in capacity, Profit.ro found. However, it is five times more than on June 30, when there was 16.2 MW in operating power, the news outlet pointed out.
Namely, firms from the E-Infra group recently commissioned two installations of 60 MWh each. Nova Power and Gas built a 30 MW unit while Nova PS 170 now runs a 30.2 MW facility. Both are located in Dâmbovița county, in Doicești commune. Nova Power and Gas is involved in a small modular reactor (SMR) project there and E-Infra has an 80 MW solar park.
Monsson completing 96 MWh battery system
Monsson is completing the second phase of a battery energy storage system within a hybrid power plant project in Constanța. Testing is due soon for a 96 MWh facility. It consists of three units of 24 MW in total and a four-hour duration.
The first part is 6 MW and 26 MWh. The company intends to install an overall 216 MWh there. Monsson said in August that it was targeting 1.5 GWh in total by the end of the decade in Romania.
Greece-based Public Power Corp. (PPC) is acquiring a storage facility of 6 MW and 6 MWh. Megalodon Storage operates a standalone BESS of 7 MW and 6 MWh near Bucharest. Swiss firm AOT Energy has a 2 MW – 1 MWh system in Arad and Portuguese company EDPR Romania owns one of 1.2 MW and 1 MWh in Cobadin in Constanța county.
Earlier this month, Electrica and Renovatio Trading received EUR 3.4 million and EUR 3 million, respectively, for battery energy storage projects in Romania. The grants came via the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
The Ministry of Energy recently approved a state aid mechanism through the EU’s Modernisation Fund. Grants cover up to 100% of eligible expenses. The maximum is EUR 100,000 per MWh or EUR 10 million overall per beneficiary. Applicants can submit more than one project. The budget is EUR 150 million.
Of note, Monsson is involved in a solar power project of more than 1 GW in Arad.
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