Fortum and Elenia’s battery pack stores electricity for power outages and for maintaining electricity network balance
FORTUM CORPORATION ONLINE NEWS 28 May 2020 Fortum and Elenia commissioned in Kuru, Pirkanmaa, a battery pack they have created together. In normal conditions it will function through Fortum as regulating power for Fingrid’s grid and in a power outage as backup power for Elenia’s customers. In the pilot project Fortum and Elenia built a battery pack for storing electricity as part of the smart grid development. The battery pack serves the electricity network’s balancing needs and helps to keep lights on longer for customers during power outages. In normal situations the battery