A consortium comprising South African independent power producer, Mulilo Energy Holdings – a majority owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, and EDF Renewables – a local unit of French EDF, has been chosen as the preferred bidder for three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in South Africa.
These projects – Oasis Aggeneis, Oasis Mookodi, and Oasis Nieuwehoop – will have a combined capacity of 257 MW/1,028 MWh and an expected investment of ZAR7 billion. The projects were awarded under South Africa’s first bid window of the Battery Energy Storage independent power producer procurement programme facilitated by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE). Under this window, DMRE aims to procure 513 MW of BESS across specific Eskom transmission substations in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. Power from these projects will be dispatched under a 15-year power purchase agreement. DMRE earlier announced plans to conclude commercial negotiations by June 2024.