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- BYD signed 11.275 GWh deal with UAE’s Masdar to provide energy storage systems for the world’s first GW-scale round-the-clock renewable energy project.
- The deal follows BYD’s earlier win of Saudi Arabia’s 12.5 GWh project, the world’s largest grid-side energy storage project.
BYD’s (HKEX: 1211) energy storage division has signed an 11.275 GWh cooperation agreement with UAE energy giant Masdar to provide energy storage solutions for Masdar’s Round The Clock (RTC) project in Abu Dhabi.
This marks another major breakthrough for the Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) and battery giant in the Middle East market. It previously secured Saudi Arabia’s 12.5 GWh project, the world’s largest grid-side energy storage project.
Jointly developed by Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), the RTC project is the world’s first GW-scale round-the-clock renewable energy project, as well as the world’s largest and most technologically advanced solar-plus-storage project, according to a BYD statement on Thursday.
The project aims to overcome the intermittency challenges of renewable energy through the deep integration of photovoltaics and energy storage, delivering 24-hour uninterrupted clean power supply.
BYD said that once the RTC project is fully operational, it will, for the first time, deliver stable GW-scale baseload power at highly globally competitive electricity prices, further consolidating the UAE’s leading position in the renewable energy sector.
The project model is replicable and scalable, and is expected to provide a benchmark example for the world’s growing demand for round-the-clock clean power, BYD added.
BYD’s energy storage business will provide the project with the BYD Haohan energy storage system. The system is equipped with the world’s largest 2,710 Ah storage-dedicated Blade Battery, boosting single-cell capacity by more than 300% while reducing battery management system complexity by 70-80%.
The Haohan system’s minimum unit capacity reaches 14.5 MWh, enabling an ultra-large 10 MWh capacity within an equivalent 20-foot container, simplifying station architecture with fewer enclosures and a smaller footprint.
Designed for the harsh conditions of the Middle East desert, including high temperatures, extreme drought and strong sandstorms, the system supports a wide operating temperature range of -30°C to 55°C and features an IP66 whole-unit protection rating.
BYD’s energy storage division will also provide the project with its in-house developed GC Master EMS energy management system. The system can connect to tens of millions of data points, boosts computing power by more than 400%, and pushes single-station management capacity beyond 15 GWh.
The signing continues BYD’s recent intensive push into overseas energy storage markets. Earlier this month, the company signed an agreement with Greenvolt Power to jointly develop Poland’s largest energy storage project, the 600 MW/2.4 GWh Siedlce project.
Last month, Hungary’s largest battery energy storage project, built by Greenvolt Power, was officially put into operation, with BYD providing its MC Cube energy storage system for the 99.8 MW/288.6 MWh project.
BYD’s energy storage business began in 2008, and the company has now deployed multiple large-scale energy storage projects across more than 110 countries and regions worldwide.
BYD rolled out a residential energy ecosystem in Europe and launched its new Battery-Box Mega.
