Utility Thurplus Commissions 3MW BESS In Switzerland

Municipal utility Thurplus has commissioned a 3MW/3MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in its Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland.

Thurplus will use the BESS – called the Thurplus Powerbank – to balance out peaks and troughs in demand on its distribution network, it said last week. Renewable energy generation increased 152% in the northeast Canton from 2015-2021.

The project is located at the Geisschopf transformer station in Langfeldstrasse and consists of 240 lithium iron phosphate (LFP) lithium-ion batteries installed in a 12 metre-long container, pictured above.