Hidroelectrica’s battery energy storage system (BESS) of 36 MW and 72 MWh, co-located with its Crucea Nord wind park in Romania’s southeast, is on track to come online more than a year earlier than initially planned.

The future energy hub around the village of Crucea in Romania’s Dobruja (Dobrogea) region will soon get its first hybrid power plant. Hidroelectrica, the country’s biggest electricity producer, said the BESS project at its only wind park, Crucea Nord, is 80% finished.

It means the battery storage facility is set to enter operation already in May, the state-owned hydropower plant operator said. It earlier planned to launch production in the summer of 2027.

The BESS will have 36 MW in operating power and a two-hour duration. It translates to 72 MWh in capacity. The system is co-located with a 108 MW wind park, built in 2014. Crucea Nord has been making significant losses due to unfavorable balancing obligations.

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