Statkraft completes 11 MW battery storage of 23 MW Kilathmoy wind-plus-storage project in County Kerry

Statkraft has completed the 11 megawatt (MW) battery storage in Kilathmoy wind-plus-storage project in Ireland.

The hybrid battery-and-wind project, which combines 11 MW of battery with 23 MW of onshore wind, will be fully operational in early 2020.

Statkraft will enter a contract with EirGrid, thereby providing reserves to the national electricity grid in the event of a sudden drop-off in supply.

The site is located on Statkraft’s first stand-alone Irish onshore wind project since entering the Irish market, at Kilathmoy on the Limerick / Kerry border in the south-west of Ireland. This is a seven-turbine project with an output of 23 MW.

Statkraft has partnered with Fluence to deliver the project, with battery modules produced by LG Chem.