RTE and Nidec Industrial Solutions launch site for automated management of large-scale battery system

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RTE, the French public electricity transmission system operator, together with its partner Nidec Industrial Solutions, part of the Energy & Infrastructure Division of the Nidec Group, have launched Ringo, an experimental site for the automated management of large-scale electricity storage, in France.

The Ringo system makes it possible to store surplus renewable energy during peaks in production and return the stored energy to the grid when needed. The site will be remote-controlled using robots that collect data in real time, representing the first automatic control on a national energy grid. Using sensors installed on the grid that constantly measure electron flows, algorithms can optimize storage in real time.