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The latest announcements bring Amea Power's total renewables capacity in Egypt to 2 GW of solar and 900 MWh of BESS. The company claims to have projects in 20 countries, with a pipeline above 6 GW and 1.6 GW currently in operation and under or near construction.
In a separate announcement, Norway's Scatec said it had signed a 25-year PPA with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co. (EETC) for a 1 GW solar and 100 MW/200 MWh battery storage hybrid project in Egypt. “This will be the first hybrid solar and battery project in Egypt,” said Scatec CEO Terje Pilskog.
Earlier this year, state-owned utility Egyptian Electricity Holding Co. held an expressions-of-interest tender for the design, construction and operation of a 8.2 MW solar plant and 2 MW/4MWh battery energy storage system, which would be built at the site of an existing microgrid in western Egypt.
New Zealand's Contact Energy has announced plans to build a 100-megawatt (MW) grid-scale battery at Glenbrook, near Auckland, New Zealand, powered by Tesla Megapacks. This project is set to cost up to NZD$163 million (C$133 million) and is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2026.
In South Auckland, Contact has a contract with Tesla to build the 100MW battery. The $163m grid-scale battery will be built in Glenbrook and will be the country's newest large-scale battery, the closest to the largest city, and Tesla's first Megapack 2 XL system in New Zealand.
In announcing the project, Contact Energy said they also had consent to operate and maintain a 100 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at East Rd (State Highway 45) Stratford. The consent was granted in November 2022.
Stratford's power station could be next on the list to get a massive 100-megawatt battery project to store excess renewable energy. Yesterday, Contact Energy announced plans to build a $163 million 100MW battery station in south Auckland that would provide enough electricity to meet peak demand over winter for 44,000 homes for over two hours.
NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen M. Harris said, “The possibilities created by innovative energy storage solutions can safely deliver more reliable electricity to New York communities as part of building an affordable and resilient zero-emission future.
Storage will increase the resilience and efficiency of New York's grid, which will be 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. Additionally, energy storage can stabilize supply during peak electric usage and help keep critical systems online during an outage. All of this while creating an industry that could employ at least 30,000 New Yorkers by 2030.
New York State has some of the most rigorous safety standards for energy storage projects in the country, reinforced by independent nationally recognized experts to ensure full compliance.
NY-BEST Executive Director Dr. William Acker said, “Long Duration Energy Storage and other innovative energy storage technologies will provide critical services to the electrical grid supporting reliability, infrastructure efficiency reducing cost, and enabling our clean energy goals.
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