Chinese energy storage company Hithium has supplied 198 MWh of LFP battery systems for a 200 MWh shared energy storage plant developed by China Resources Power Holdings.
It said the power station is the first of this kind to operate commercially in Heze City, a region with a population of some 8.3 million, and it also serves as a key energy storage project for Shandong Province.
The plant includes Hithium’s ESS together with a 2 MWh VRB energy storage system, a 220KV booster station and a single-loop transmission line. The expected annual discharge is nearly 81 million kWh, according to the company.
Jason Wang, Hithium general manager and co-founder, said Heze City and China Resources Power Holdings are integrating large-scale energy storage onto the grid, and stabilising energy supply is important.
Hithium is planning to expand its production capacity to 70 GWh by the end of 2023. It is based in Xiamen, China, with further locations for production, research or sales in Shenzhen, Chongqing, Munich and California.
It has shipped 10 GWh of battery capacity (5 GWh in 2022) and is expanding its current 45 GWh of production capacity to 70 GWh by the end of 2023.
