Alpiq manages 20 MW battery storage facility in Brunnen
Alpiq will manage the largest, most powerful battery in Switzerland on behalf of MW Storage AG and offer its capacity on the ancillary services market to stabilize the transmission grid. The 20 MW battery storage facility will go into operation in the third quarter of 2020 in Brunnen in the Canton of Schwyz.
The 20 MW of power and a capacity of 18 MWh, a volume equivalent to seven shipping containers. The stored energy could be used to simultaneously operate around 11,000 computers for twelve hours or drive 1,400 electric cars a distance of around 100 kilometers each.
Alpiq and MW Storage AG have concluded an agreement for an initial term of five years.
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