South Africa bess projects

What is the Bess project?

The BESS project serves as a direct response to meet one of the urgent needs to address South Africa’s long-running electricity crisis by adding more storage capacity to strengthen the grid while diversifying the existing generation energy mix. It uses large scale utility batteries with a total capacity of 1 440MWh per day and a 60MW PV capacity.

Where is Bess located in Africa?

Replicating successes from our hybrid solar and battery storage projects at Kenhardt, we will proceed to construct one of Africa’s first and largest standalone dispatchable BESS systems. The project is located near Kathu, Northern Cape, close to high power demand centres.

What is Eskom's Bess project?

It forms part of Phase 1 of Eskom’s BESS project which includes the installation of approximately 833MWh additional storage capacity at eight Eskom Distribution substation sites in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Northern Cape. This phase also includes about 2MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity.

What is the Mogobe Bess project?

The Mogobe BESS project is a first of a kind and reaffirms our standing as a leading renewable energy player in South Africa. We continue to see attractive growth opportunities in the market based on the need for growth in power generation, our strong position in the country and our strong and competent local team,” says Scatec CEO Terje Pilskog.

What is Bess technology?

The BESS technology offers a versatile solution for improving overall grid performance and is in line with South Africa’s commitment to the just energy transition to a more resilient and sustainable energy future.

How will the OASIS project work in South Africa?

The Oasis projects will operate under a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with Eskom, South Africa's public utility. Those projects are crucial to the South African electricity infrastructure as the system needs more flexibility to improve the grid stability.