EWEC invites EOIs as part of 400-MW battery tender

UAE's utility Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) regarding the development of a 400-MW standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Arab Kingdom.

Interested developers and development consortia will be able to participate in the EOI by March 22. EWEC recently said that the submissions will be accepted under the first stage of a tender process for the project. The next step will be to launch a Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The scope of work will involve the development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance and ownership of the battery and related infrastructure.

The proposed BESS will be installed at an unspecified location to provide flexibility and ancillary services to the grid, such as frequency response and voltage regulation. The facility will support the operation of EWEC’s existing renewable energy assets and future plants to be built as part of its goal to lift its installed solar power capacity to 7.5 GW by 2030.

“EWEC continues to see BESS as a critical investment to manage system operability when large amounts of renewables are synchronised to the power system,” said CEO Othman Al Ali.

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