Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Infratec''s experience with BESS systems includes concept design and development, detailed design, installation, and integration of BESS systems in New Zealand and throughout the ASEAN regions.
The uptake of BESS in New Zealand is particularly important given that it can help to solve one of New Zealand's biggest energy challenges – meeting peak demand. In recent years, there have been ongoing concerns as to the reliability of New Zealand's energy supply following blackouts in 2021.
BESS systems allow for increased penetration of intermittent renewable generation, which complements the global transition to zero carbon generation. Infratec's experience with BESS systems includes concept design and development, detailed design, installation, and integration of BESS systems in New Zealand and throughout the ASEAN regions.
A BESS is a number of large batteries that operate together as an energy storage facility, and is a bidirectional user of an energy network - meaning that it is able to 'take' energy from the grid (to store), and it can discharge that energy back into the system when required.
Whilst amendments were first made to New Zealand's Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (the Code) in 2018 to facilitate grid-scale BESS, the first significant (35MW) BESS project was not commissioned until March 2024.
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