Wartsila Flags Battery 'First' in Hungary

Finnish engine marker Wartsila said August 23 it has delivered its first engine-plus-storage hybrid installation worldwide to Hungarian firm Alteo.

It said the order was booked in Q1 2018 and successfully commissioned on August 22 in Hungary.

An existing Alteo power plant of undisclosed capacity, running on 3 Wartsila gas-fired engines, has been optimised with an energy storage solution. It will enable Alteo to participate in the Hungarian electricity capacity market. Wartsila said its energy storage solution for Alteo includes batteries, inverters and power electronics; total output of the battery plant is 6 MW (capacity) and 4 MWh (storage).

Alteo owns or operates a total of 23 power plant units, its portfolio can generate 156 MW electricity and 880 MW heat; some use gas, and others use renewable energy (it has four wind farms, two hydroelectric power plants and several renewable gas and biogas units; it has also recently acquired two solar farms expected to start generating in 1H2019).