Italian power company Edison has launched its first solar - thermal storage project with a 500 kW storage system at its 3 MW Altomonte solar plant in Calabria . The company says primary and secondary frequency regulation, tertiary regulation and voltage regulation will be provided as grid services. Edison said the project , for which French firm Engie ’s Electro Power Systems division provided the battery , is intended to make up for the variability of renewable power generation . It will also let the company use the battery for other grid projects , said Edison .
Italian power company Edison has launched its first solar - thermal storage project with a 500 kW storage system at its 3 MW Altomonte solar plant in Calabria . Edison said the project , for which French firm Engie ’s Electro Power Systems division provided the battery , is intended to make up for the variability of renewable power generation . It will also let the company use the battery for other grid projects , said Edison .