Simtel to install BESS for Güriş in Romania

Romanian engineering and technology company Simtel will install a battery energy storage system for Turkey’s Güriş in Romania.

With a storage capacity of up to 196.4 MWh and an installed power of up to 98.6 MW, it would be one of the largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Romania.

Simtel said it signed an engineering, procurement, and construction contract with Energy Capital Group, owned by Mogan Bucharest SRL, part of the Güriş Group from Turkey.

The contract is worth RON 168.9 million (EUR 33.3 million), and the deadline is nine months.

The contract includes the supply of a BESS, the design, construction, installation, commissioning, completion, and testing of the facility. The project will be implemented in the village of Iaz, Obreja commune, Caraș-Severin county.

Energy Capital Group obtained support via the National Recovery and Resilience Plan

Energy Capital Group received support via the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) for its project. It is part of the pillar dedicated to the green transition. Romania approved a grant of over RON 50 million (EUR 9.86 million) for the implementation of the battery energy storage project.

With the investment, Romania is taking a significant step towards strengthening its energy infrastructure and increasing flexibility in consumption and production, according to Simtel COE Mihai Tudor. Storage systems are an essential pillar of the energy transition process and in the sustainable development of power grids, he added.

Director of Mogan Bucharest SRL Kaan Yamantürk said the company sees “a great future and opportunity” in Romania.

Güriş is active elsewhere in Southeastern Europe as well.

Simtel: The largest storage project has a capacity of 72 MWh

Simtel pointed out that the size of the facility is significant, considering that, according to the latest data published by Transelectrica, the current total battery energy storage capacity in Romania is 398.8 MWh.

Moreover, the largest storage project completed so far has a maximum capacity of 72 MWh, the firm added.

Of note, in October last year, Monsson said it was completing the second phase of a battery energy storage system within a hybrid power plant project in Constanța. The first phase was inaugurated in April and, with 24 MWh, it was the largest BESS unit in Romania at the time.

A subsidiary of Monsson has submitted a battery storage project of just over 2 GWh in capacity for an environmental permit in Romania. Simtel and Monsson have signed a strategic partnership on the development of solar and energy storage projects in Romania.