South Africa’s electricity public utility Eskom has picked South Korea-based electrical equipment manufacturer Hyosung Heavy Industries and China-based power transmission equipment manufacturer Pinggao Group as preferred bidders for the design, supply and installation of its flagship Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project.
The contract entails installation of 199MW of battery storage capacity with four hours of storage, equivalent to 833MWh of distributed battery storage plants at eight of Eskom’s distribution substation sites. The contract also includes approximately 2MW of solar photovoltaic capacity, as well as operations and maintenance of the BESS facility.