- The project is located in the hybrid plant of La Plana (Zaragoza)
- 300kW/1.2MWh of energy storage
Gamesa Electric will test and validate a Vanadium redox flow battery of Invinity as part of the first call for innovative energy storage R&D projects under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience plan.
The validation will be carried out at the hybrid plant in La Plana during 2025. The hybrid plant was commissioned in 2015 to explore the potential of hybrid energy. It combines 850kW of wind power, 245kW of solar photovoltaic panels, diesel generators and a lithium battery.
The consortium that will develop the project is consists of companies of recognised prestige in their sector: Gamesa Electric, Siemens Gamesa, Invinity, Tekniker, Ikerlan and the Universidad Pública de Navarra.
Invinity’s new vanadium flow battery with a capacity of 1.2MWh and a power of 300kW will allow to store energy efficiently and safely. In addition, it can be validated in a hybrid plant where it will be integrated with renewable energy sources as solar and wind.
Flow batteries
The benefits of flow batteries are:
- Durability and longevity: they have an extended lifetime and can perform numerous charge and discharge cycles without significant degradation.
- Safety: Unlike other storage technologies, these batteries are non-flammable, which reduces the risk of fire.
- Longer duration: Up to 12 hours.
