BYD Energy Storage and Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) have signed a contract to deliver the world’s largest grid-scale energy storage project totalling 12.5GWh. This milestone supports Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, which targets 50% renewable energy in the national mix by the end of the decade.
[pdf] This paper describes the scope of the proposed SEGIS-ES Program; why it will be necessary to integrate energy storage with PV systems as PV-generated energy becomes more prevalent on the nation’s utility grid; and the applications for which energy storage is most suited and for which it will provide the greatest economic and operational benefits to customers and utilities.
[pdf] Senegal has begun commercial operations at a new solar energy facility that combines photovoltaic power with lithium-ion battery storage, the first of its kind in West Africa, as the country of over 18 million people moves to strengthen its electricity grid.
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