15 October 2021 – Vietnam’s pilot utility-scale battery energy storage system [BESS] will soon take shape in Khanh Hoa Province after an agreement was signed today between AMI AC Renewables and the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City to formalize a US$2,962,000 grant from the latter to develop the project.
During the workshop, a report titled “ Enhancing Vietnam’s Grid Stability with BESS,” co-authored by the Institute of Energy (IE) and GEAPP, was launched. Scaling battery energy storage systems is critical in ensuring a steady supply of renewable energy for the communities that need it most.
The purpose of the pilot project is to demonstrate the commercial viability of energy storage in Vietnam, a country which has rapidly adopted solar PV in the past few years, but is yet to start doing the same for batteries, or other forms of energy storage technology.
Since 2017, the company has been developing and operating renewable energy projects in Vietnam, which include the 252 MW wind project in Quang Binh and the 80 MW solar plants in Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak. In October 2021, U.S. Mission Vietnam awarded AMI AC Renewables a grant of US$2.9 million to spearhead and develop the project.
together with AMI, we will aim to secure Vietnam’s renewable energy sources while helping the country achieve its sustainability goals.” “We’re delighted to be entrusted by the U.S. Consulate General to pilot and spearhead battery energy storage systems in Vietnam,” said Nguyen Nam Thang, CEO of AMI AC Renewables.
AMI Renewables and ACEN also built the site’s solar PV plant along with another 30MW PV plant in Vietnam, as well as having a 252MW wind farm under construction in the country. Back in the Philippines, ACEN delivered that country’s first-ever large-scale solar-plus-storage project, completed in early 2022.