In a current chat with pv journal, Yasser Zaidan, senior gross sales supervisor for the Center East at JinkoSolar, described the trajectory of the large-scale storage enterprise in the principle markets of the Center East.
Saudi Arabia’s massive scale power storage market is anticipated to developed at an unprecedented tempo within the years to return, based on Yasser Zaidan, senior gross sales supervisor for the Center East at JinkoSolar.
“As of 2024, we’ve began our vertical integration manufacturing line ranging from sells to the whole Battery container, having 6 GWH battery cells operational manufacturing line to achieve 12 GWh by the top of 2024, as much as 24 GWh by early 2026, and 16 GWh of battery options in home manufacturing capability with a plan to achieve 28 GWh by early 2026,” Zaidan advised pv journal. “There will likely be attention-grabbing tenders for storage and we additionally count on to deploy our answer in futuristic tasks within the area. We’ve got seen many medium-scale tenders in Neom various from 3 MWh to 40 MWh, and in addition different utility- scale storage tenders.”
Zaidan stated he additionally sees potential for storage in neighboring international locations akin to Yemen and Lebanon.
“Storage is a should there, it isn’t one thing luxurious. And this additionally applies to many different international locations within the Center East area,” he added. “It should even be thought of that electrical energy grids in lots of international locations should be strengthened and storage could assist cut back prices, whereas additionally guaranteeing secure energy provide.”
Zaidan stated he sees potential for battery deployment within the industrial and industrial (C&I) enterprise, though low energy costs in a number of Center East and North Africa (MENA) international locations are nonetheless a hurdle.
“The Iraqi market has an enormous potential for ESS because of the lack of grid infrastructure and excessive dependency on personal standard power technology, which is especially represented by diesel mills,” he stated. “For Egypt, we’ve seen a requirement within the agriculture market due lack of gridsupply for rural farms, the place DC pumping options have been used for years, however nonetheless pumping hours should be prolonged by way of putting in ESS in these rural farms.”
Zaidan stated that Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Palestine are adapting power storage options to resolve infrastructure challenges akin to peak and demand and frequency laws for each C&I and the utility scale. He stated power storage set up laws will possible be launched in Jordan throughout the subsequent few months.
“Battery costs are on a downward pattern,” he said. “This makes them extra enticing, though the market nonetheless wants a push to thrive, particularly by way of laws and public assist. This section, nonetheless, is unquestionably set for extra development within the subsequent years.”
“For utility scale, the present worth varies between $150/kWh to $200/kWh,” he stated.
In keeping with BloombergNEF, the MENA area is anticipated to achieve 2.1 to three GWh of annual installations by way of 2026.
“I consider it’s under-forecasted because of the excessive potential of many utility scale tasks within the upcoming two years,” stated Zaidan.
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