Wärtsilä energy storage Equatorial Guinea

Interview: Andy Tang, VP energy storage, Wärtsilä

Its main energy storage software is the GEMS energy management system (EMS) platform, brought into its portfolio through the acquisition of Greensmith Energy Management Systems Inc in 2017. Wärtsilä provides the platform as a standalone product as well as a way to manage its own energy storage products.

Wärtsilä to deliver 150MW BESS to Amp Energy in Australia

It also represents Wärtsilä''s fifth energy storage project in Australia. Scheduled to begin construction in October 2024, Bungama BESS stage one aims to commence commercial operations in the first quarter of 2026. Wärtsilä will also provide a long-term service agreement to ensure the project''s ongoing performance and reliability.

Wärtsilä: Energy storage sales decrease 75% year-on-year

Image: Wärtsilä. Wärtsilä''s Q1 net sales in its energy storage and optimisation (ES&O) business division fell 75% year-on-year, with revenues to be recognised as projects move toward completion later in the year. The Finnish marine and energy technology company reported its interim financial results for January-March 2024 last week.

Shermco Lands Deal to Conduct Electrical Maintenance

Shermco Industries, a leader in electrical maintenance for light, medium and heavy industrial trade, is currently performing electrical maintenance and testing work for an offshore oil platform off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Shermco won the Fortune 500 contract in March for a scope of work which includes general preventative maintenance for the electrical

Energy storage orders recover in Q2 for Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä derived 45% of its €1.4 billion (US$1.42 billion) Q2 sales from Energy, a segment covering gas power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology including the GEMS energy management platform, with

Wärtsilä''s Philippines ESS projects

A couple of months ago Wärtsilä also said it is deploying another project in the country which it believed will be a first-of-a-kind for the Southeast Asia region: a 54MW / 32MWh BESS on a "floating power barge" which will be

The evolving dynamics of battery energy storage system integrators

S&P Global has released its latest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Integrator Rankings report, using data for installed and contracted projects as of 31 July, 2024, Powin or Wärtsilä doing the same and moving into cell manufacturing has been speculated, but in a recent interview Kepshire said this was unlikely.

Energy storage orders recover in Q2 for Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä derived 45% of its €1.4 billion (US$1.42 billion) Q2 sales from Energy, a segment covering gas power plants, hybrid solutions, energy storage and optimisation technology including the GEMS energy

Wärtsilä battery project to join ''Taiwan''s

Wartsila BESS at a project recently completed in the Philippines. Image: Wartsila. Wärtsilä will deploy a 5.2MW / 5.2MWh energy storage system (ESS) to help support Taiwan''s grid, joining the frequency

Origin starts construction on second phase of 2GWh Eraring BESS

The BESS is being developed at the site of Australia''s largest coal-fired power station (above). Image: Australia''s Mining and Energy Union. Australian utility Origin Energy yesterday (30 October) confirmed it had started construction on the second phase of its 2.1GWh Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.

AGL, Wärtsilä complete 250MW BESS project in South Australia

MW, 250MWh (1-hour duration) battery energy storage system (BESS) is sited on Torrens Island in South Australia, where AGL – Australia''s largest generator-retailer utility company – is in the process of closing down a natural gas power plant. VP of energy storage and optimisation at Wärtsilä said. Wärtsilä is currently

AGL, Wärtsilä complete 250MW BESS project in South

MW, 250MWh (1-hour duration) battery energy storage system (BESS) is sited on Torrens Island in South Australia, where AGL – Australia''s largest generator-retailer utility company – is in the process of

Wärtsilä: Quantum 2 BESS ''combines pre

Following on after GridSolv Quantum, which has been available since 2020, Quantum 2 "is designed to provide cost and performance benefits for large-scale (2- to 8-hour applications) energy storage deployments," a Wärtsilä ES&O spokesperson told Energy-Storage.news.. Its key features include a more streamlined design to enable compact project

Webinar: Advancing Energy Storage Innovation to Meet Evolving

Webinar: Advancing energy storage innovation to meet evolving industry needs Alicia Lockhart Lifecycle Sales & Offer Management Manager Neha Sinha Hardware Product Manager Ruchira Shah Software Product Manager The battery energy storage (BESS) landscape has experienced an incredible evolution in recent years. This development has been driven by technological

Wärtsilä battery project to join ''Taiwan''s

Wartsila BESS at a project recently completed in the Philippines. Image: Wartsila. Wärtsilä will deploy a 5.2MW / 5.2MWh energy storage system (ESS) to help support Taiwan''s grid, joining the frequency regulation market launched this year by state-owned utility Taiwan Power Company (Taipower).

Wärtsilä installs Singapore''s first utility

According to Wärtsilä, which recently launched the newest iteration of its Gridsolv battery system product, Gridsolv Quantum, out of 9000MW of installed capacity of projects the company has done in Southeast Asia, around 300MW has been energy storage to date. In January 2020, Energy-Storage.news reported that the company had received an order

Wärtsilä completes US$170 million Greensmith purchase

Wärtsilä said on Monday that the transaction is worth US$170 million, dwarfing the US$50 million price tag placed on Greensmith''s rival Younicos by Scottish power equipment firm Aggreko, which bought out Younicos this week. Wärtsilä is targeting a system integration role for itself, leaning on Greensmith''s expertise and control platform GEMS.

Wärtsilä: ''Strong energy storage growth'' in H1 2021 despite

The order intake in Wärtsilä''s energy business included 1,325MWh of energy storage for the first six months of the year, and 519MWh in Q2 between April and June: compared to last year when it booked just 23MWh of energy storage orders for the half year and 18MWh in Q2, and 460MWh for the entirety of 2020, the growth indeed appears strong

New Wärtsilä power plant will support industry

A 24 MW Wärtsilä power plant located in Bata, the country''s largest city, already provides thermal production of energy for continental Equatorial Guinea, a nation of 1.2 million inhabitants. Wärtsilä has been

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Australian utility Origin Energy has confirmed that the first stage of the Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) has been energised. "The projects in Australia are at a scale that is that is not seen anywhere else in the world," Wärtsilä''s

Wärtsilä maybe divesting energy storage ''driven by

Aerial view of the completed 250MW BESS at Torrens Island, South Australia, for which Wärtsilä provided the energy storage technology. Image: Wärtsilä-AGL. Wärtsilä''s decision to launch a strategic review of its

Chevron marks first gas from Alen field off Equatorial Guinea

Noble Energy, a Chevron company, has achieved the first gas flow from the Alen gas monetization project, off Equatorial Guinea. Courtesy of EG LNG Courtesy of EG LNG. The project consists of a 70 km (43.5 miles) pipeline with a capacity of 950 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day (MMcfe/d), Chevron said in its statement.

RCT Power achieves 10 GWh production record and

To mark the delivery of the 6,000 Quantum energy storage units, the two companies, which have collaborated since 2019, confirmed the extension of their cooperation at an official ceremony at RCT Power''s

Wärtsilä to undertake power plant project in Equatorial Guinea

A 24 MW Wärtsilä power plant located in Bata, the country''s largest city, already provides thermal production of energy for continental Equatorial Guinea. This local presence

The critical need for smart software with energy storage: An

Wärtsilä''s GEMS energy management system platform has grown alongside the energy storage sector for more than a decade. We caught up with Andrew Tang, vice president of Energy Storage and Optimisation at Wärtsilä Energy to learn about the importance of software for the uptake of energy storage.

Wärtsilä to install ''first-of-its-kind'' floating battery storage

Meeting these targets would put the country to between 50% and 60% renewable energy. Wärtsilä meanwhile appears to be ramping up its energy storage business in the Southeast Asia region, where its legacy business divisions have already delivered more than 9,000MW of mostly engine-based power solutions, including around 300MW of energy storage.

Utility Georgia Power completes build-own-operate battery

Georgia Power has inaugurated the first battery energy storage system (BESS) project the US utility company has built to own and operate. A ceremony was held last week (7 November) at the Mossy Branch Battery Facility site in Georgia''s Talbot County. Finnish marine and energy technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by Australian

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Wärtsilä to supply new 38MW power plant in

A 24MW Wärtsilä power plant located in Bata, the country''s largest city, already provides thermal production of energy for continental Equatorial Guinea, a nation of 1.2 million inhabitants. Wärtsilä has been

Wärtsilä weighs sale of energy storage business

In August 2023, Wärtsilä and AGL Energy completed construction at the Torrens Island grid-scale battery energy storage system in South Australia. The 250MW/250 megawatt-hour ESS installed at Torrens

Energy Storage Awards 2024: Winners revealed

The Energy Storage Awards 2024 saw the European industry celebrate the best technologies, brightest minds and sharpest business ideas. having been at pioneering Silicon Valley startup Greensmith Energy before its acquisition by Wärtsilä. He is also among those who have gone from a career of researching and analysing energy storage markets

Wärtsilä energy storage Equatorial Guinea

3 FAQs about [Wärtsilä energy storage Equatorial Guinea]

What is Wärtsilä doing in Equatorial Guinea?

The technology group Wärtsilä was awarded a 38 MW power plant project by the EPC company Groupement TEC-IEE in Equatorial Guinea. The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Hydrocarbons with the intention to boost the development of local industry. The order was booked in Q3 2018.

Does Wärtsilä have a 6 MW energy storage system?

Late last year, Wärtsilä began integrating a 6 MW energy storage system in this plant. Its Engine+ Hybrid solution included batteries and intelligent inverters along with access to GEMS for primary and secondary grid controls while integrating multiple power generation assets including existing wind, solar and storage capacities.

Who is Wärtsilä energy storage & optimisation?

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation is leading the introduction of disruptive, game-changing products and technologies to the global power industry. As a battery energy storage integrator, we’re unlocking the way to an optimised energy future with our flexibility solutions.

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