Belgian mechanical engineering company John Cockerill has secured an order to provide compatriot agricultural machinery producer JOSKIN with an integrated green energy system.
According to a recent announcement, the project at JOSKIN’s facilities in Soumagne, Liege region, will consist of 4,200 photovoltaic (PV) panels, 13 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and three container batteries, as well as an energy management system. Expected to be in operation by the start of 2024, it will be able to produce 1.8 MWp and store 5.5 MWh of energy. The system will help JOSKIN reduce its energy bill while maximising renewables self-consumption. It will also allow the company to generate additional revenue from grid services.
“Although expanding our photovoltaic park was an obvious choice, we wanted to go further in this process,” commented Didier Joskin, managing director of Ets JOSKIN. “These installations will be a real added value for JOSKIN: they will not only allow us to increase our energy self-sufficiency but also help the grid operator to meet the present and future challenges of increasing renewable energy production,” added Didier Joskin.
John Cockerill will design and supply the energy system, which mirrors an industrial pilot for electricity production and storage that the company installed at its Belgian headquarters in Seraing in 2018. The pilot is called MiRiS and consists of 2 MWp of solar panels and more than 2.5 MW/5.5 MWh of storage, including lithium-ion, sodium-sulfur and flow battery technologies.
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