A battery storage system is being installed off the coast of Brazil as part of an environmental R&D project to boost the use of solar power and reduce reliance on diesel.
NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES) is supplying the lithium-ion distributed storage system for the project, which will be ready to launch from next month, to help preserve the natural environment of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago (pictured), off the country’s northeast coast.
The project is the first for NEC ES in Brazil, where the company said its Aeros energy storage control system “will be used to assist demand charge management and firming of the island’s solar power generation”.
The distributed storage system is scalable from 85kWh to 510kWh of energy storage capacity and offers from 100kW up to 710kW of power capability.
“The project also aims to find a sustainable and ecological way to replace energy generated by diesel, currently used in the archipelago at times when there is no sun,” NEC ES said. “To date, there is no energy storage system in Fernando de Noronha that allows for the accumulation of energy generated throughout the day.”
The project, which will run for four years, is being managed by the Neoenergia Group utility and Brazil’s non-profit R&D services organisation Lactec.