Energy storage and EV infrastructure solutions firm NHOA has commissioned a 31MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Peru for multinational utility and IPP Engie.
The BESS unit was provided by NHOA to Engie Energía Perú on a turnkey basis and has been deployed at Engie’s 800MW ChilcaUno thermoelectric power plant, in Chilca, on the coast near the capital Lima.
It was inaugurated on 15 September in a ceremony attended by the Peruvian Minister of Energy Oscar Vera, the Vice-Minister of Energy Jaime Lu and the French Ambassador to Peru, H.E. Marc Giacomini. Engie is headquartered in Paris while NHOA is primarily based in Italy, though active globally.
When Engie announced the ChilcaUno BESS project last year, it said it would both help the plant operate at full capacity while also providing primary frequency regulation services to the electricity grid in Peru.
Luca Roccia, VP Americas for NHOA, commented: “We are exceptionally proud to have successfully completed this iconic project, especially considering the unprecedented challenges posed by the global macroeconomic and geopolitical environment.”
It is likely to be among the largest, if not the largest, BESS in the country. Another multinational utility and independent power producer (IPP), Italy-headquartered Enel, brought a 14.6MW BESS online at its Ventanilla thermal power plant in Callao online in 2021. Enel then described it as the country’s “first large-capacity battery system”.
Engie’s announcement comes two months after Canada-based stock market-quoted developer Polaris Renewable Energy announced it was launching a battery storage project in Peru, although gave no additional details and did not respond to a request from Energy-Storage.news when asked to do so.
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Technologically, battery capabilities have improved; logistically, the large amount of invested capital and human ingenuity during the past decade has helped to advance mining, refining, manufacturing and deploying capabilities for the energy storage sector; and regulatorily, governments around the world have been passing legislation to make battery energy storage systems (BESS) more economically viable.
BESS are being built for a variety of use cases, from microgrids that provide energy resilience for hospitals to home solar outfits, to large-scale operations that enable solar, wind and other renewable sources to more efficaciously transmit their energy to end users.
Yet, despite the significant progress in the sector, there is still a long way to go if the ambitious climate targets of many countries around the world are to be reached. "Globally, energy storage capacity needs to increase by a factor of at least 40 times by 2030," says Saji Anantakrishnan, head of infrastructure, Australia and Asia, with PATRIZIA.
The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, a coalition governed by representatives from an assortment of nations and chaired by the senior director of the World Bank''s Energy and Extractives Practice Group, estimates countries will collectively have to add 120 gigawatts of grid-scale battery storage each year by 2030 for the world to meet its net-zero goals. The amount of grid-scale battery storage added around the globe in 2022 was 11.1 gigawatts.
The increase in activity in the United States'' BESS sector since the IRA passed in 2022 has had rippling effects in the broader global market. Anantakrishnan says, "From a global perspective, the American Inflation Reduction Act created this hoovering effect of global private capital because those incentives are material, and a lot of institutions are viewing American projects as offering a better risk/reward payoff."
That doesn''t mean opportunities don''t exist in other markets. Anantakrishnan says countries that have had a rapid uptake of renewables but have not had a similar concentration of capital directed toward transmission are well positioned for BESS investment. Deploying BESS projects in areas with high renewable capacity, but that also experience high curtailment, allows developers to provide a tool that more efficiently captures and distributes that energy, all while being remunerative.
Anantakrishnan points to Japan as one country with significant opportunity for BESS investment. "Japan is obviously a big target," he says, "because post-Fukushima there was a very generous tariff, which led to a significant development and build out of renewables. Yet, the country has not seen a similar build-out of battery storage systems to support its grid infrastructure."
Many industries rely on energy resilience, something that is starkly clear in countries that experience regular intermittent energy outages. Batteries offer such customers a safeguard for when the grid trips unexpectedly. It''s also worth mentioning that a battery as backup, rather than a diesel generator set, facilitates sustainable outcomes for the surrounding community, according to Anantakrishnan.
"If you put batteries behind the meter into these [locations]," says Anantakrishnan, "not connecting into the grid per se, but actually saying, look, here''s an industrial case that, for Toshiba or Nissan that produces cars in Thailand — well, why don''t you stop using a diesel generator set and go for a more sustainable solution."
Europe also has been a supportive market for BESS development, as many European countries seek to transition to more reliable, environmentally friendly energy sources. Hino says Europe is interesting because it consists of smaller markets, which can provide better opportunities for energy storage projects. One thing to note with European markets, Hino observes, is that it takes significant due diligence to develop projects, as it is necessary to understand each country''s legislative, legal and energy logistical nuances to effectively build out BESS.
From a regulatory perspective, Hino says the United Kingdom, in particular, is a leading market because it has granular pricing policies and a significant amount of wind energy.
The United Kingdom''s government is targeting deployment of 30 gigawatts of battery storage capacity by 2030. To facilitate that expansion, the government has lifted size restrictions for project planning, helping to wave in larger-scale projects such as Alcemi''s 500-megawatt facility in Coalburn, Scotland, and Zenobe''s 300-megawatt BESS development in Blackhillock, Scotland, which is currently under construction. Rystand Energy predicts by 2030 the United Kingdom will be responsible for 9 percent of the world''s utility-scale battery systems capacity.
In March 2023, the European Union published its Commission Recommendation on Energy Storage, which imparted to EU countries that they should remove barriers to BESS development, such as double taxation (a practice in some EU nations whereby developers are taxed as "consumers" of energy when they store it, and "suppliers" of energy when they later distribute it to the grid), and that they should help facilitate permitting procedures and ensure that system operators assess flexibility needs when planning BESS developments.
In November 2023, the developer Kyon Energy received approval to build a new large-scale battery storage project in the town of Alfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany. At the same time, German regulators extended the grid-fee exemptions for new BESS systems by three years to 2029, further incentivizing developers to build out BESS in the country.
These regulatory steps, combined with greater BESS cost efficacy and the heightening demand for energy storage, is a promising sign for the further development of the BESS sector in Europe.
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