
This project, developed by Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), and the Vietnam Energy Institute, marks a crucial step towards Vietnam’s target of developing 300MW of energy storage by 2030, as outlined in the latest Eighth Power Development Plan (PDP 8). [pdf]
Sunita Dubey and Hyunjung Lee share how Vietnam is leveraging Battery Energy Storage Systems to stabilize their grid and accelerate the energy transition.
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges by minimising the intermittency of renewables, enhancing grid flexibility, and ensuring reliable power supply. In a significant development, Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has secured approval for its first pilot BESS project with a capacity of 50 MW/50MWh.
At a meeting on Wednesday, the ADB side, represented by Andrew Jeffries, advisor, Energy Transition Mechanism and Partnerships, proposed building a pilot 50MW/50MWh BESS project near Hanoi. A meeting between EVN and ADB to discuss the BESS project, Hanoi, August 14, 2024. Photo courtesy of EVN.
The government anticipates a 10-12% annual surge through 2030 in the nation’s power consumption. This rapidly expanding energy demand presents a significant challenge to Vietnam’s transforming energy landscape, especially considering the urgent need to reduce global emissions and utilise renewable alternatives.
Vietnam is advancing its energy infrastructure towards a greener, more just, and energy-efficient future, simultaneously providing a valuable model inspiring the global drive towards an energy-resilient future.

This paper focused on the evaluation of wind and solar resources, new energy site planning, total installed capacity and optimal power ratio, optimal allocation of energy storage, coordinated control technology to ensure safety and stability and economic evaluation indicators of the project, so as to extract the general process and development mode suitable for the construction and promotion of multi-energy complementary projects. [pdf]

Recently, Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, and a consortium comprising Infinity Power and Hassan Allam Utilities Energy Platform formally signed an agreement to jointly develop solar power projects with a total installed capacity of 1.2GW, coupled with the construction of a 720MWh battery energy storage system. [pdf]

To analyse the feasibility of storage options, it is necessary to have a good understanding of the following variables: the energy efficiency of storage media; the capital cost of storage media; A feasibility assessment for microgrid projects should include all aspects of historical energy use/cost analysis, individual project identification, physical site/facilities due diligence, and projected financial and environmental benefits for projects meeting energy cost savings goals and resiliency objectives for critical loads. [pdf]
Furthermore, another factor that affects the capacity and subsequently the financial feasibility of energy storage systems is the size and location of the modelled solar PV system.
Residential solar PV systems could be enhanced by employing a number of different energy storage technologies, such as electrical energy storage (EES), chemical energy storage, and thermal energy storage (TES).
Environmental Benefits The pumped storage power station uses water to generate electricity and store energy, and there is almost no emission of pollutants.
Abandoned-mine pumped storage technology can help the peak shifting of the power grid and improve the operating stability and economy of the power grid, but the construction of the pumped storage power station is restricted by geographic conditions; that is, there must be a large enough drop between the upper and lower reservoirs.
The unique features of abandoned mines offer considerable potential for the construction of large-scale pumped storage power stations. Several countries have reported the conversion of abandoned mines to pumped storage plants, and a pilot project for the conversion of an underground reservoir group has been formalized in China.
In order to evaluate the financial feasibility of integrating energy storage systems with solar PV system in detached houses, economic indicators able to compare the costs of the different storage scenarios with one another are needed.

Chad Iriba 2.5MW/7.776MWh distributed photovoltaic + energy storage project landed in the Iriba region of the Republic of Chad in central Africa, using “photovoltaic + energy storage” integrated design, with a total installed capacity of 2.5 MW, supporting the 7.776 MWh lithium iron phosphate storage system, the goal is to solve the problem of local power shortages, and at the same time enhance the stability of the power grid to consume energy. [pdf]
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