Super Hybrid Park in Nickelsdorf receives central component for constant energy supply
The Austrian electricity producer PÜSPÖK is currently realising Europe's second largest super-hybrid power plant consisting of wind power and agrivoltaics in Nickelsdorf, Burgenland. With the 68 MWh battery storage project, the existing energy park now has an important flexibility component, which EWS is implementing on behalf of the PÜSPÖK Group.
The storage system is an important player because it balances out fluctuations in generation by buffering energy in the event of overproduction and releasing it again when required. Overall, this makes the hybrid park more system-friendly and efficient because it can supply electricity more evenly and predictably.
EWS was already significantly involved in the grid feed-ins for wind and solar energy and is now carrying out the construction management for the implementation of the battery storage system. The basis for the collaboration is the long-standing partnership with PÜSPÖK.
Lukas Püspök, Managing Director of PÜSPÖK: "Super-hybrid systems make it possible to make renewable energy reliably available almost regardless of the weather and time of day. Energy storage systems are the next logical step in the energy transition and the central building block for a secure and sustainable energy supply. We are delighted to be realising our project in Nickelsdorf together with our long-standing partner EWS."
EWS Project Manager Construction Management Markus Stipsits explains: "The expansion of the hybrid park to include a large storage facility brings with it numerous challenges and interfaces, which we are happy to coordinate in construction management in order to implement the project smoothly. PÜSPÖK is thus taking on a pioneering role in Austria - so we are all the more pleased to be part of the project in Nickelsdorf."
With the integration of wind energy, agrivoltaics and battery storage, the Nickelsdorf site is developing into one of the most advanced hybrid parks in Austria and demonstrates how renewable energies can be integrated even more efficiently into the energy system in future.
