Poland: PGE launches tender for 400 MW two-hour duration battery storage project

Polish state-owned energy company PGE Group announced a new tender for the construction of a battery energy storage facility in Gryfino, one of the largest in the country once completed.

The facility will have a power output of 400 MW and storage capacity of at least 800 MWh. It will be located in the vicinity of Gryfino at the Dolna Odra Power Plant located in northwestern Poland, owned and operated by PGE Group. 

Just weeks ago, PGE Group launched a tender for the design and construction of a battery storage facility with a minimum capacity of at least 900 MWh near the Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Plant.

Dariusz Marzec, president of the management board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, said “The launch of the tender process for the construction of a new, large-scale battery energy storage facility in Gryfino, with a capacity of 400 MW and a capacity of 800 MWh, is another important step in implementing our storage strategy. It aims to increase the total energy storage capacity of the PGE Group to 18.5 GWh by 2035. We are a leader in this area, currently accounting for 90% of the installed capacity of pumped-storage hydropower plants in Poland.”

By 2030, the company aims to have at least 800 MW of new energy storage capacity. In January, PGE Group announced that it had obtained connection conditions for abothr battery storage facility with a capacity of 400 MW in Gryfino, northwestern Poland.

The tender for the design and construction of a battery energy storage facility in Żarnowiec was announced on August 7. It is being conducted in an open tender procedure, in accordance with the Public Procurement Law. Applications can be submitted until September 16, 2025. Tender documents are available on PGE’s procurement platform.