LG Energy Solution to build Poland's largest energy storage

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PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna has contracted LG Energy Solution Wrocław to build a 262 MW, 981 MWh electricity storage facility in Żarnowiec, valued at €372 million. Completion is expected by Q2 2027.

This will be Poland's largest energy storage project and among the largest in Europe. In two years, the company will be able to supply clean energy to 250,000 households during peak demand.

The facility will be near Poland's largest pumped-storage power plant, owned by PGE Energia Odnawialna, which will oversee the project. PGE will seek funding from the National Recovery Plan.

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