Sungrow and EDF Renewables launch South African hybrid wind-solar-battery VPP project

• 4 months ago (2023-12-22)
• David Flin

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Sungrow Power and EDF Renewables have signed an agreement to provide 264 MWh liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa. The project is South Africa’s first wind-solar-storage integrated virtual power plant (VPP).

After being connected to the grid, the plant will help to:

• Alleviate South Africa’s power crisis.
• Improve the stability of the energy supply.
• Provide a demonstration of the development of renewable energy in South Africa.

Sungrow will supply the energy storage systems and MV transformers.

The project consists of two separate plants. One is a solar-plus-storage plant located in Avondale, and the other is a wind-plus-storage project in Dassieridge, which are 900 km apart.

After the project is connected to the grid, it is scheduled to generate 400 TWh per year.