The UAE's major public utility manufacturers of the UAE (EWEC) recently suggested that the country should deploy 300MW/300MWH battery energy storage system within the next three years.
The UAE Hydropower Corporation (EWEC) put forward this proposal in the "Summary Report of the 2023 ~ 2029 Future Capacity Requirement
Statement". The company said that the duration of these battery energy storage systems is one hour and is used to provide operating reserves and other power grid services to improve the operability of the power system and enhance the overall stability of the power grid operation.
The company also said that by 2030, the installed capacity of solar power facilities deployed by the UAE will increase 6 times to 7.3GW.
In the report, the UAE Hydropower Corporation (EWE) pointed out that by 2029, the demand for Emirates will increase by about 30%to about 21.6GW. Therefore, the company made suggestions that in order to meet the power needs, about one -third of the new power generation of the UAE should come from solar power generation facilities since 2026.
The company also recommends extending operations or new natural gas power plants to meet the demand for power and build two reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants to ensure continuous water supply to the country.
Although the large -scale lithium -ion battery energy storage system deployed by the UAE is currently very few, the company is relatively leading in exploring large -scale non -lithium battery energy storage. In 2019, Japan NGK Insulators deployed a 648MWH sulfur sulfur battery energy storage system in Abu Dhabi.
At the end of last year, TDAFOQ Energy, headquartered in Riyadh and Delectrik Systems, India's Delectrik Systems, signed an agreement that TDAFOQ ENERGY will sell the full liquid flow battery of Delectrik Systems in the Bay Cooperation Committee (GCC) market.
It is also worth noting that the 250MW/1500MWH pumping storage (PHES) project, which is under construction, will be launched in 2024.
