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What is the largest battery energy storage facility in Poland?

With a power output of 262 MW and a storage capacity of around 981 MWh, the facility will be by far the largest battery energy storage facility in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. The contractor on the project will be LG Energy Solution Wrocław.

Who will supply ESS batteries in Poland?

The contractor on the project will be LG Energy Solution Wrocław. The Polish unit of the Korean battery maker won the project tender offering the price of PLN 1.555 billion ($384 million). On Monday, LG Energy Solution confirmed that it had signed an agreement with PGE to supply 981MWh of grid-scale ESS batteries between 2026 and 2027.

What is the Zarnowiec battery energy storage project?

One of these will be the 981 MWh Zarnowiec battery energy storage project, which will be supplied with locally produced LG Energy Solution’s grid-scale systems. PGE Group has laid down ambitious plans for energy storage deployment over the next ten years.

How many GWh of energy storage capacity will Poland have by 2035?

In a bid to tackle the challenge of the growing electricity production from renewable energy sources, the Polish utility is looking to add more than 10 GWh of energy storage capacity by 2035. Its plans involve more than 80 projects, the value of which is estimated at around PLN 18 billion ($4.7 billion).