Azerbaijan predicts early launch of battery energy storage center at Aghdash substation

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7. The Battery Energy
Storage Center (BESC) is planned to be commissioned at the Aghdash
substation in Azerbaijan in the near future, Director of the
Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency (AREA) under the Ministry of
Energy, Javid Abdullayev, told reporters, Trend reports.

He recalled that large energy storage centers with a total
capacity of 250 MW and an energy capacity of 500 MW/h have been
established on the territories of the 500 kV Absheron and 220 kV
Aghdash substations.

"The Absheron BESC of AzerEnergy OJSC was commissioned in March
of this year. It's also planned to commission the BESC in Aghdash
in the near future", Abdullayev emphasized.

Within the framework of the project, 50 accumulator batteries
and 13 inverter containers were installed on the territory of the
Absheron BESC. A study conducted by international consulting
companies (U.S. TETRA Tech and Turkish EPRA) showed that the
creation of such battery systems is necessary for the safe
connection of approximately 1,850 MW of renewable energy sources in
Azerbaijan to the energy system.