NTR, a leading European renewable energy developer, has selected Fluence for its flagship Uusnivala BESS Project in Finland. This contract award comes as the developer anticipates to start construction soon. NTR also estimates the commissioning date for the Uusnivala BESS Project to be by mid-2026. The Fluence contract award was the last according to NTR as they have already “signed contracts with all key equipment and contractor partners for its ready-to-build BESS project”.
Uusnivala BESS Project Factsheet
Location: Nivala, Finland
Cost: Part of L&G NTR Clear Power (Europe) €600 million Fund
Developer: NTR
Battery technology solution contractor: Fluence
Engineer services contractor: Despro
Balance of power contractor: Nordic Electro Power (NE Power)
Capacity: 55MW / 110MWh
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NTR’s BESS Project In Finland and Fluence’s Battery Technology Solution
The Uusnivala BESS Project will be one of the largest in Finland once commissioned. The BESS will serve the Finnish grid after integration to a 100 kV sustation to be constructed by NE Power. Upon connection to the grid, the Uusnivala BESS Project will do grid balancing, grid forming, frequency regulation, and energy shifting.
Fluence’s contract proves just as integral as the other key contracts to the project. They will supply the Uusnivala BESS Project in Finland with their Gridstack Pro 5000. This has perks like optimized performance and lower operations costs. Fluence’s word on the Gridstack Pro 5000 for NTR’s flagship BESS project in Finland will be measured as from mid-2026.
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Cost of the BESS Project
Financial closure for the L&G NTR Clear Power (Europe) €600 million fund which foots the bill for NTR’s flagship BESS project in Finland was agreed upon in April. At the table for this was NTR and Legal & General (L&G). The latter is a major global investor. NTR states that the investment not only underscores its commitment to expand its renewable energy portfolio, but also drive Europe’s “ambitious decarbonization and energy security agenda.”
Why “flagship”? The Uusnivala marks the first battery energy storage (BESS) project of the L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund to go into construction.
NTR has so far invested more than €2 billion of capital for the development, construction and operation of over 3.6 GW of wind, solar and energy storage projects across seven European countries. The Uusnivala BESS Project in Finland will be NTR’s second after acquisition of the now operational Pajuperänkangas 86.8MW windfarm in October 2023.
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