Eskom has unveiled what it calls the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Africa. Here is what you should know. Eskom has unveiled the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Africa. The Hex BESS site at Worcester in the Western Cape was officially opened on Friday.
Here is what you should know. Eskom has unveiled the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Africa. The Hex BESS site at Worcester in the Western Cape was officially opened on Friday. ALSO READ: REVEALED: Here is what Eskom spent BILLIONS on
The Eskom BESS project will act as a proof of concept on the delivery of the first battery energy storage project in South Africa. The project supports transformational aspects by demonstrating large-scale deployment in support of South Africa’s renewable energy strategy and addresses local overall system challenges.
The facilities will be in the Moqhaka Local Municipality in the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the northern Free State Free State Province of South Africa with access is via the R76 which is adjacent the southern end of the site. The cluster will consist of five proposed solar PV projects, three in the north of the area and two in the south.
The 1 440MWh distributed BESS with 60MW Solar PV represents a giant leap forward in achieving this aspiration, as it will be one of the largest BESS projects to be developed and implemented in South Africa,” said Velaphi Ntuli, Eskom’s General Manager Coal & Clean Technology.
Phase 1 includes the installation of approximately 199MW additional capacity. With four hours of storage, this equals 833MWh storage of distributed battery storage plants at eight Eskom Distribution substation sites. This phase also includes about 2MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity.