The Red Sands Battery Energy Storage Station is located in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province, approximately 100 km southeast of Upington. The 153 MW / 612 MWh project is the largest standalone battery energy storage project in Africa to reach financial close and is Globeleq’s first utility-scale battery energy storage project in South Africa. The project will supply electricity to the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) under a 15-year power purchase agreement and includes upgrades to Eskom and NTCSA grid infrastructure, helping to ease transmission and distribution constraints in the Northern Cape.
153MW
- Nr Upington, South Africa
- Description: Red Sands will be the largest standalone battery energy storage system in Africa
- Present status: Construction
