SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., the power arm of conglomerate San Miguel Corp., tapped energy solutions providers ABB and Wärtsilä for battery energy storage systems.
SMC Global Power teamed up with ABB to install BESS facilities as part of nationwide project.
The company is spending more than $1 billion to simultaneously build 31 BESS nationwide with a total rated capacity of 1,000 megawatts
ABB will support two 20-megawatt sites which will be installed by June 2021, with a further 40-MW site in July 2021. The remaining sites will be completed in 2022.
Meanwhile, Wärtsilä signed multiple energy storage contracts with SMC Global Power through subsidiary Universal Power Solutions Inc. in the past two years.
The first two projects, Integrated Renewable Power Hub-Toledo and BCCPP in Limay, Bataan achieved final commissioning in May.
The projects have a capacity of 20 MW and 40 MW, respectively.
“Battery energy storage systems are transforming the market, driving wider adoption of renewable energy solutions, and helping to improve grid performance across the globe,” said Alessandro Palin, president of ABB’s distribution solutions division.
He said BESS pioneering solutions would ensure that grids are more stable and would satisfy the reliability challenges associated with moving to a stronger mix of renewables.
Countries around the world are increasingly switching to BESS to drive greater grid reliability and broader adoption of renewable energy sources.
Battery energy storage systems are particularly suitable for regions that are impacted by grid instability, such as the Philippines.
ABB said the BESS project of SMC Global Power would support the Philippines’ ambitious plans to build a more sustainable future for its communities, by decarbonizing energy generation and ensuring that 54 percent of its energy mix comes from renewables by 2040.
