Poland's largest hybrid battery energy storage system commence full-scale technology demonstration

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ("NEDO") and its project partners Hitachi, Ltd. ("Hitachi"), Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. ("Showa Denko Materials") and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ("SMBC") announced today that the Smart Grid Demonstration Project in Poland, aimed at the expansion of renewable energy with a hybrid battery energy storage system (BESS) located at the Bystra Wind Farm in northern Poland reached monitoring phase in June and full-scale demonstrative operation phase on Sep. 25. The project is supported by the Ministry of Climate of the Republic of Poland and has been carried out in cooperation with Polish project partner companies: Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. ("PSE"), Energa Operator S.A. ("EOP") and Energa OZE S.A. ("EOZE").