Aspiravi’s 25 MW Brecht battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Belgium has selected SPIE for the entire installation of the facility. This will include all the elements of the energy management system, connection systems, and medium-voltage transformers. Not included in Aspiravi’s first large-scale battery project contract to SPIE are public works.
Project factsheet
Location: Off the E19 motorway, Brecht
Developer: Aspiravi
Installation contractor: SPIE
Brecht BESS operational capacity: 25 MW
Production capacity: 100 MWh
Installation of battery units date: Summer 2025
Project commissioning date: Q1 2026
The 25 MW Brecht BESS in Belgium
Lying off the busiest road in Europe, the E19 motorway, Aspiravi’s 25 MW Brecht BESS project is currently in the preliminary stage to determine what materials are to be used for the project.
Also currently underway are on-site preparatory works. Scheduled for this summer is the delivery of battery units, and start of installation work for the Brecht BESS project in Belgium.
Alongside public construction work to be done by other contractor(s), SPIE will complete installation work at the project by 2026.
Once commissioned, the BESS will connect to Elia’s high-voltage grid, and will constitute a “medium-sized park”, as put SPIE after the installation works selection.
Aspiravi’s first BESS project in Brecht, grid stabilization, and energy transition
Other than being Aspiravi’s first large-scale battery project in Brecht, the 25 MW BESS project also adds to Belgium’s bigger energy transition picture. BESS store energy, and also help in the stabilization and efficiency of the electricity grid. The 25 MW Brecht BESS will not fall short of this.
Integral to the “greater picture” is the most basic function of the renewable utility – storage. The 25 MW Brecht BESS project will store up to four-hours of renewable charge for supply to the electricity grid during periods of high demand. This is also where grid stabilization comes in. The BESS stores excess renewable energy when in surplus, and releases more as needed in times of demand. This in turn also reduces unintended loss of renewable energy.
