UAE-based Amea Power plans to develop a USD 350 mn standalone 1.5 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Egypt, CTO Mahabir Sharma told The National on Tuesday. The standalone BESS project will be split between two locations, with 1 GWh installed at Benban, Africa’s largest solar park and 500 MWh in the Red Sea town of Zafarana, Sharma told the National.

Where do plans stand? Amea has inked an initial power purchase agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, with a binding agreement expected in “one or two weeks,” Sharma told The National. Amea is also open to partnering on the BESS project, but plans to be handling it on its own initially, Sharma said. The project is slated for completion by March 2027.

SOUND SMART- A stand-alone BESS operates independently of any single power plant or specific power generation sources, storing electricity from the grid and discharging when needed. This contrasts with an integrated BESS, which is directly linked to a specific renewable energy source — typically solar or wind farms — storing only the power it generates.

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