Energy
ESB opens Poolbeg battery plant to store excess renewable energy
Facility forms part of group’s €300 million investment in a series of major battery plants
ESB has opened a battery plant in Dublin to provide storage capacity for excess renewable energy.
The facility, based at its Poolbeg site in Dublin, will provide 75MW (150MWh) of fast-acting energy storage capacity and forms part of the body’s €300 million investment in a series of major battery plants. It will assist the ESB with its grid stability measures and deliver more renewable energy to the country’s electricity system.
Jim Dollard, executive director of ...