Eskom signs up Hyosung Heavy Industries and Pinggao Group for batteries

[Jan]

These companies will provide the first batteries for Eskom's massive backup energy storage system

Hyosung Heavy Industries and Pinggao Group are the first companies contracted to provide large lithium-ion batteries to Eskom for its massive battery energy storage system (BESS).

The power utility has told MyBroadband that Hyosung would provide 292MWh of storage while Pinggao would contribute 395MWh as part of Phase 1 of the project.

 

[v3gout]

Please please please keep that guy from the navy that connected AC to DC away from this ...

 

[quovadis]

Gonna need a bunch of concrete to encase those batteries

 

[HartsockZA]

What about bloom energy? why wasn't that used as a possible solution to keep the substations online or something.

 

[PAYBACK]

.....and that dwis Elon Musk is a no show cause he got bullied by some boys high **** boys and has been having a sulk for the last 30+ years. Imagine.

 

[Gordon_R]

Technical point: All of the battery stations are very far from Eskom primary electricity generation plants. This is justified because transmission losses over those distances are high, and having backup power close to users increases efficiency.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

.....and that dwis Elon Musk is a no show cause he got bullied by some boys high **** boys and has been having a sulk for the last 30+ years. Imagine.

Your legs must hurt after that leap.

 

[Brian_G]

Nobody worried that it's from the Chinese side of things? No strings attached?

 

[s0lar]

Nobody worried that it's from the Chinese side of things? No strings attached?

At least it will get done.

 

[backstreetboy]

Nobody worried that it's from the Chinese side of things? No strings attached?

What are they going to do? Collect data from batteries?

 

[Brian_G]

What are they going to do? Collect data from batteries?

It's more our socialist grabbamint that worries me.

 

[Fjorko]

And these are the first ones to steal/sabotage them . . . .

 

[Gravedigger]

And these are the first ones to steal/sabotage them . . . .

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My thoughts exactly...
What's going to keep the battery stealing syndicates away from stealing those batteries?

Please tell me that the battery tech will be something like a Redflow or something, battery technology that is not so easily stolen by means of breaking in, cutting wires, all gone in 60 seconds...

 

[ch@rge]

he got bullied by some boys high **** boys

Perhaps a fact check is needed...

 

[Johand]

Nobody worried that it's from the Chinese side of things? No strings attached?

China through CATL is the world leader in batteries - especially LePoFe batteries which is used for grid storage. Most battery brands have cells from either CATL, LGChem or Panasonic (or even BYD). Even Tesla uses CATL (Tesla doesn't make enough batteries to satisfy their own demand).


These companies most like use cells from CATL and LGChem and then just build the battery en electric components around it.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Foreign companies won the contracts which gives me confidence it will be on time and within budget. Both look like companies with deep experience of batteries.

 

[McGuywer]

With stage 2 loadshedding we are 2000MW short, how will this 340something MW help?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Nobody worried that it's from the Chinese side of things? No strings attached?

Where do you think most batteries come from?

 

[quovadis]

At least it will get done.

Foreign companies won the contracts which gives me confidence it will be on time and within budget. Both look like companies with deep experience of batteries.

Wasn’t Medupi & Kusile foreign too with deep experience? Hitatchi ?

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

And these are the first ones to steal/sabotage them . . . .

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These are the okes that will take the blame.