Honeywell and DTEK join forces for Ukraine's first grid-scale battery storage system

Equipment manufacturer and engineering services provider, Honeywell and Ukraine's largest energy holding company, DTEK, announced an agreement to launch Honeywell’s Experion Energy Program in Ukraine to develop the country’s first grid-scale energy storage system.

As per the official statement by DTEK, the system will help maintain Ukraine's energy system, allow integration of renewables into the energy mix, and decrease fossil fuel power generation. Moreover, the energy storage system will increase the flexibility of Ukraine’s power grid and help pave the way for the country to join Europe’s energy community (ENTSO-E).

"Balancing, highly maneuverable capacities, and energy storage are essential for the stable operation of the country's energy system," Dmytro Sakharuk, General director, DTEK.

"The energy storage system allows to postpone the consumption and use of electricity until the consumers need it. The batteries will provide ancillary services to the system operator NPC Ukrenergo, guaranteeing the operational safety and independence of the country's energy system." 

Both the companies will execute Honeywell’s Experion Energy Program as a pilot project, based around a 1MW/1.5 MWh lithium-ion energy storage system which will be located at DTEK’s Zaporizhzhya Power Plant.

As per the official statement, Honeywell will supply DTEK with its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) technology along with remote operations systems and its Experion Energy Control System. These technologies will enable automated, agile operations and help optimize dispatch of the BESS. The system’s batteries will function as operating reserves that constantly work to manage frequency fluctuations on the grid (Frequency Containment Reserve) and charging up during off-peak times and discharging when energy demand and electricity costs increase (energy arbitrage).  

“Our Experion Energy Control System will help DTEK lead the Ukrainian market by enabling it to create a bankable business model to manage energy storage assets and help balance the grid as the renewable energy mix increases in Ukraine,” said Eren Ergin, General Manager, Renewables and Distributed Assets.

The complete manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of the system will be done during 2020-2021.