By Andrea Hargraves 
Greenvolt, through its company specializing in large-scale wind and solar PV projects in different markets, Greenvol Power, will promote renewable energy generation by implementing the first hybrid solution in Poland.
This solution will combine three technologies at the same grid access point, adding to wind energy the energy obtained by solar radiation and complemented by the implementation of the battery system.
The company led by João Manso Neto states that the Sompolno wind farm, which is under construction in Poland, will have the capacity to inject up to 27.5 megawatts into the country’s electricity grid. Greenvolt Power will now add to the same access point an installed capacity of 10 megawatts of additional power generated through a solar PV system.
In this way, with a rapid backup system of the BESS type with a capacity of up to 12 megawatts, it will be possible to store the power generated in peak periods and inject it into the grid efficiently during periods of low renewable energy generation.
“We are complementing the already guaranteed capacity of wind energy with additional production of solar photovoltaic in an innovative hybrid solution that also has the added value of batteries that allow us to store all the energy beyond the contracted export capacity of this access point to the grid in particular,” João Manso confirms. Neto, CEO of Greenvolt Group.
“This integration is key so that not a single megawatt of this capacity is lost, allowing us to offer a power generation profile that potential buyers will appreciate,” the executive also stresses.
Poland is one of the main markets for the Greenvolt group, with a pipeline of 6.9 GW – 2.9 GW in advanced stage of development by the end of the year – 3.4 GW in this market, distributed between wind (672 MW), solar energy storage batteries (1,276 MW ) and renewable energy (1415 MW).