In Q1 2022, as part of the project Innovative system services of energy storage increasing the quality and efficiency of electricity usage, ENEA Operator completed the tests of five prototype electricity storage facilities operating on the basis of different technologies. The tests were conducted in real time in Bydgoszcz, Zielona Góra, Gubin, Pogorzelica and Opalenica. They demonstrated which plant, depending on the specific nature of the grid offers the optimum fulfillment of the grid operator’s expectations. The purpose of the prototype storages was to increase the quality and safety of electricity supply and the efficiency of the use of renewable energy sources connected to the low-voltage grid. The tests carried out by the company are a preliminary stage of a large-scale deployment of energy storage. The knowledge and experience gained in the field of energy storage technology contributed to the launch of a tender procedure in Q3 2022 for the construction of energy storage for the low-voltage grid as part of the eNeuron project funded under the H2020 project.
Moreover, in 2022, ENEA Operator continued to participate in the project entitled “DRES2Market: Technical, business and regulatory approaches to enhance the renewable energy capabilities to take part actively in the electricity and ancillary services markets”, financed with the funds under the EU Horizon 2020 program. The primary goal of the project is to prepare a comprehensive and cost-efficient approach to facilitate the effective participation of distributed generation based on renewable energy in electricity markets and to enable the provision of balancing and storage services in accordance with market criteria.
