The new hybrid storage system developed in the HyFlow project combines a high-power vanadium redox flow battery and a green supercapacitor to flexibly balance out the demand for electricity and energy in critical grid situations.
[pdf] The new 40 MW / 80 MWh system, installed at the Dunamenti gas power plant near Budapest, is the biggest of its kind in the country and part of a broader European push to shore up renewable power with large-scale battery backup.
[pdf] The project concept and design is based on a state-of-the-art technology of hybrid operation between the existing hydropower plant turbines of UHE with new utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide a quick frequency response to the national power grid, while simultaneously reducing the wear–and-tear on the hydro units, extending their overhaul interval and lifetime, improving the overall power system reliability, and reducing operational costs.
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