BESS platform Ingrid Capacity has received construction permits for two projects in Sweden’s SE4 electricity region, which it said could start construction as early as this year.
The 100MW/400MWh Vaggeryd project and the 100MW/200MWh Horsaryd project will be among the country’s largest, and will double its portfolio from 650MWh to 1.2GWh when they go online in 2028.
However, the permit for Vaggeryd is only for 200MWh, with a re-application for updated specs including the larger, 400MWh size.
The Vaggeryd project will be the country’s first major 4-hour battery energy storage system (BESS), which Ingrid CEO Axel Holmberg called an ‘exciting’ development. The increase in duration from 2-hours to 4-hours, which appears to have been decided after the initial planning application, likely reflects the Sweden market’s evolution from ancillary services to energy trading.
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