EU approves €180m for 1.2GWh energy storage
Lithuania can move ahead with a scheme to provide €180 million (US$200 million) in grants to energy storage projects after it was
Image: Energy Cells via LinkedIn. Lithuania can move ahead with a scheme to provide €180 million (US$200 million) in grants to energy storage projects after it was approved by the EU. The programme will provide direct grants for the construction of the projects, with a target to support at least 1.2GWh of energy storage projects.
European Commission delegation visiting a Fluence battery storage project in Lithuania. Image: Energy Cells via LinkedIn. Lithuania can move ahead with a scheme to provide €180 million (US$200 million) in grants to energy storage projects after it was approved by the EU.
The four battery energy storage systems (BESS), 50MW/50MWh each, have been handed over by Fluence and are now providing services to Litgrid, the transmission system operator (TSO) in Lithuania. They followed a smaller, 1MW/1MWh pilot project to test the use case back in 2021.
Since December 2009, due to the permanent shutdown of the state owned Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Lithuania's electricity generation structure has changed significantly, and Lithuania has changed from being a net exporter of electricity to a net importer of electricity.
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