Capacity of Romania’s battery power storage hits 2,000 MWh, to double by year-end

Electricity storage facilities in Romania have reached almost 2,000 MWh capacity and almost 1,000 MW power, according to the latest data from Transelectrica cited by Economica.net. More specifically, 989 MW installed power, or more than one-tenth of the country’s peak consumption, and 1,975 MWh capacity as of August 1. Gura Ialomiței: 150 MW/300 MWhAukera Energy, a pan-European renewable energy and battery storage platform, backed by AtlasInvest, Reggeborgh and SFPIM (Belgium’s sovereign wealth fund), announced the completion of the Gura Ialomiței storage facility in mid-June. The battery storage installations deliver up to one-tenth of domestic consumption during peak hours. The operational report showed that peak consumption was 7,274 MW.