Sungrow, an energy-storage system solution supplier, has penned a contract with Afcon to supply Israel's largest standalone energy-storage project.
The 16-megawatt project will be integrated with the 912-megawatt Dalia Power Station, the largest privately contracted power plant in the country, which is owned and operated by Dalia Power Energies. The combined-cycle natural gas–fired plant produces 8 percent of the total electricity production of Israel.
Dalia Power Energies will act as lead Independent Power Producer for the energy-storage project, and EPC company Afcon EPC Division will lead the full planning, procurement and execution, as well as operation and maintenance of the project.
Sungrow said the energy-storage project is expected to be completed in first quarter 2023.
“As we move toward a more sustainable future, energy storage will improve the stability of the grid by vitalizing a variety of existing assets, such as gas, to gain more effici