Biggest battery in the Nordic countries commissioned in Järvenpää
FORTUM CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 1 March 2017The biggest battery in the Nordic countries was taken into use today at Fortum’s Järvenpää power plant. In Fortum’s Batcave battery project, the Nordic countries’ biggest lithium-ion battery storage was installed in conjunction with Fortum’s biomass-fired biopower plant in Järvenpää.Electricity production forms that are condition-dependent, such as wind and solar energy, will require more flexibility from the electricity grid in the future. In addition to hydropower, also electricity storage brings flexible regulating power to the electricity