Fortum installs innovative battery solution at Landafors hydropower plant in Sweden

In development collaboration, Fortum, Volvo Cars, and Comsys have created an innovative battery solution that is now being installed at Fortum’s Landafors hydropower plant on the river Ljusnan in Sweden. The solution will also use batteries from plug-in hybrid cars and other batteries to extend the life of the hydropower turbines and the batteries themselves.   The purpose is to improve the ability to offer fast frequency reserve regulation to the power markets. The pilot also aims to find out how much capacity the batteries need to have left to function in this new “second life” role,