The project will cost more than $700 million in total, with Amea Power holding a 60% stake and Japan's Kyuden International Corporation owning the remaining 40%.
The project, owned and operated by AES Distributed Energy, consists of a 28 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) and a 100 MWh five-hour duration energy storage system. AES designed the unique DC-coupled solution, dubbed “the PV Peaker Plant,” to fully integrate PV and storage as a power.
The project, undertaken by China Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd of the Energy China under an EPC contract, adds strong momentum to Guangdong Province's efforts to build a trillion-yuan-level industry cluster of new energy storage.
According to APICORP's “MENA ENERGY INVESTMENT OUTLOOK 2022-2026”, for a 100MW/200MWh electrochemical energy storage project, the total unit cost is approximately US$276/MWh, of which the initial capital cost/charging cost/financing cost/operation and maintenance cost/tax cost are.