Eskom’s Flagship Battery Energy

Storage Systems (BESS) Program

by Prince Moyo, ESKOM

 Contents
• Project Scope
• Origins of the Program
• BESS Introduction
• Engineering Scope & Progress
• Project Timelines
• Challenges Experienced
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 Project Scope
• Installation of 1440MWh distributed battery
storage
• Translates to roughly 90 sites of a average
4MW each; sites range from 1MW to 40MW
• BESS, AC LV & MV equipment, P+C, upstream
telecoms, M&O
• DERMS … integration into DMS
• APM Tool … end of life management
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 Origins of the Program
100MW CSP (KIWANO)
GROUND-BREAKING STORAGE

GENERATION AND STORAGE:

60%*100MW*24h = 1440MWh per day

KIWANO CSP

TOWER

DISH, TROUGH OR TOWER TROUGH

TECHNOLOGY

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 Origins of the Program

PREFERRED

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 BESS Introduction

“The battery will kill fossil fuels … it’s

only a matter of time” by Mark Chediak,
Bloomberg Magazine, March 2018

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 BESS Introduction

The global energy storage market will double

six times between 2016 and 2030, rising to a
total of 125 gigawatts/305 gigawatt-hours.
US$1B will be invested in this time.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Nov 2017

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BESS Introduction

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 BESS Introduction

Energy Storage Trends & Opportunities, IFC Report (Source: Navigant Research) 8
 BESS Introduction

FRAUNHOFER ISE
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 BESS Introduction

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Electropaedia
 BESS Introduction

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 Engineering Scope & Progress
• Sites identification - use case, business case
• Network studies due diligence
• Concept designs per site – layout, 1-line, P+C
• BESS specification
• MV equipment specification
• DERMS and APM specifications
• Bid Documents
• Costing and estimation
• Commissioning 13
 Project Timelines
• Schedule subject to internal Eskom approvals
and external approvals by DFIs and statutory
bodies (DEA, etc)
– Ph1 Bid Documents Finalisation 2018 Nov
– Ph1 Enquiry Issued 2019 Q1
– Ph1 Enquiry Closes, Evaluated and Awarded 2019 Q2
– Ph1 Construction 2019 Q3-Q4
– Ph1 Test & Commissioning 2019 Q4
– Ph2 Enquiry Issued 2019 Q3
– Ph2 Enquiry Closes, Evaluated and Awarded 2020 Q1
– Ph2 Construction 2020 Q1-Q2
– Ph2 Test & Commissioning 2020 Q3 14
 Challenges Experienced
• Developing a decent BESS specification
• Knowledge and skills for network studies
• Defining Use Case and Business Case
• Compilation of Bid Documents
- Evaluation Criteria
- Schedules
- Internal Change Management (capacity guarantees, O&M,
etc)
• Statutory Approvals – EAs and land rights
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