Energy storage
The energy of Calabria's sun in a battery
Share
Conceiving a sustainable future in which solar energy can be stored in a battery and become available when needed province of Cosenza: a new 882 KWh storage system in Altomonte, Cosenza area.
The Altomonte system
The storage system gathers the energy produced in the Altomonte solar plant and makes it available when needed to compensate intermittence in power from renewables and gaps between production forecasts and outcomes.
Such storage systems, in combination with solar plants or windmills, optimize energy production from renewables, overpassing their non-programmable nature.
An immense power bank charged by the Calabrian sun
The new storage battery installed in Altomonte, in the Cosenza area, stocks energy in excess from solar plants nearby and dispatches it on overcast days, balancing energy demand and offer. In short, a power bank with unusual dimensions: big as a truck and heavy as an elephant!
Discover more in the video.
The photovoltaic power bank in numbers
4.000 kms
Distance covered by car with the system capacity
7,5 years
Overall duration of non-stop light from a LED bulb
65.000
Smartphone that could be recharged with the plant's power
200.000
Amount of AA batteries necessary to equal the system's storage capacity
The Altomonte storage system is an innovative project, allowing Edison to reinforce its know-how on battery facility management. The goal is to study and gain knowledge about this world and develop adequate business models for the market.
Energy storage: the current picture
According to the European Association for Storage of Energy, electric storage capacity in Europe grew by 80% between 2018 and 2022, from 1.6 GWh to 2.8 GWh, continuing a rocketing trend started in 2015.