📋 Tender Overview
Energy Stationary Storage (ESS) is essential to decarbonise the energy sector as it allows maximum penetration of intermittent renewable energy generation by balancing generation and supply and ensuring system stability. ESS will thereby contribute to the displacement of carbon-intensive fossil fuel generation sources in the European electricity system, contributing to climate mitigation. It is estimated that ca. 108 GW of stationary battery storage is required in 2030 to meet EU decarbonisation targets. The deployment of batteries for ESS in Europe is immature and will require significant investments in product development and industrialisation. The current state of the art for Lithium-ion battery grid ESS solutions is Asian-produced LFP or High Cobalt NMC battery cells. These systems are bulky, inflexible and perform poorly on sustainability criteria such as embedded carbon content. There are also safety issues that have caused notable fire incidents. The NorthSTOR+ project aims to validate the technology development of an innovative energy stationary storage system (ESS) and to industrialise the production of the solution at a mass-scale. The final product, the Voltainer, features Lithium-ion ESS based on a battery cell originally developed for the automotive sector, resulting in larger and more energy dense than products currently available on the market. The Voltainer will offer superior characteristics in terms of performance, safety, costs, flexibility, connectivity, traceability and life-cycle environmental impact compared to state-of-the-art products. The project will result in 100% relative greenhouse gas emission avoidance compared to the reference scenario. At full capacity (2029), c. 6 GWh Voltainer unit/a will be delivered. The absolute CO2 saving over the initial 10 years of operation is estimated at 34,619,305 tonnes. The estimated net benefit for the end-customer?is a?cost reduction of 16,9-18,8% per kWh. >90% of value of components and equipment will be sourced from European supply chain.
