Sungrow to Supply Solar + Storage Project For Australia’s 100 MWh Project

China-based inverter and energy storage solution provider for renewable energy, Sungrow has announced that it will supply a fully integrated 55MW/220MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to Global Power Generation (GPG) for its 100MWac Cunderdin Project. Cunderdin lies 150 km east of Perth in Western Australia.

Global Power Generation is Naturgy Energy Group’s subsidiary and manages an installed capacity of over 4,000 MW worldwide.

The Cunderdin Project will be the largest DC-coupled solar PV and energy storage project in Australia. The construction will start later this year and be operationalised in 2024. The facility will be connected to the South West interconnected system and is expected to play a key role in supplying energy during peak demand periods in the wholesale electricity market, balancing the electricity system and supporting the grid, said Sungrow.

Sungrow said that it will supply 80 units of liquid-cooled Energy Storage System called PowerTitan. Tailored for utility-scale BESS demand, PowerTitan adopts the advanced liquid-cooled thermal control and AI monitoring of the battery cells so as to safeguard the system’s safety. Meanwhile, cluster-level energy balancing management helps ensure the maximum yield.

The official statement of Sungrow held that the DC-coupled design of the project enables DC power clipping recapture, renewable energy capacity firming, utility ancillary service support and energy time shifting and peak load shaving mechanism. As a result, the project can provide a more efficient energy output to the Wholesale Energy Market.

Shawn Shi, General Manager, Sungrow APAC Region, stated, “Sungrow supplied several milestone BESS projects recently in Australia. This cooperation with GPG further broadens Sungrow’s service space for the Australian renewable energy market and will bring its industry-leading solutions to more local people, as a way to safeguard their stable and clean power usage.”

Sungrow is a global inverter brand with over 269 GW installed worldwide as of June 2022. The Chinese company claims to be a leader in the research and development of solar inverters with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a broad product portfolio. The company, whose presence in more than 150 countries worldwide, is currently on an expansion spree. It recently announced the shipment of 9 GW cumulative shipment in the LATAM region. It also set up the world’s largest BIPV project in China. As far as its footprint in India is concerned, Sungrow supplies India’s largest BESS to Tata Power Systems at Leh.