- The South Korean heavy electrical equipment and engineering group, Hyosung Heavy Industries (HHI), has announced a significant achievement for their Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) rollout in South Africa for Eskom.
- The Pongola and Elandskop sites have attained Operational Acceptance on October 15, 2024 after the recent completion of successful Grid Compliance Testing.
- This follows the successful commissioning of the Hex BESS in late 2023. Read more
To date, HHI has achieved Operational Acceptance at three sites:
- Hex BESS – Western Cape – December 2023 (100MWh)
- Pongola BESS – KwaZulu-Natal – October 2024 (40MWh)
- Elandskop BESS – KwaZulu-Natal – October 2024 (8 MWh)
“We are proud of our team’s hard work and dedication, which has made these accomplishments possible. Together with Eskom, we continue to pave the way for a greener future,” the company said in a statement.
The projects 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.
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
