From April 4th to 6th, 2024, the 16th Turkey International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition was held in Istanbul. ENSMAR attended as scheduled, attracting numerous outstanding global enterprises to exhibit and drawing various industry professionals for visitation.

From March 18th to 20th, ENSMAR was invited to participate in the exhibition, showcasing tailored information solutions for the solar energy industry. This strengthened existing partnerships and identified numerous potential clients, laying the groundwork for expanding into new markets.

From March 6th to 8th, the Jakarta New Energy Exhibition in Indonesia proceeded as scheduled, and ENSMAR, a leading global energy storage battery manufacturer, made a splendid appearance!

Booth Communication and Interaction

As a high-quality lithium battery manufacturer in China, ENSMAR showcased its latest lithium battery products and integrated solutions at the exhibition, fully demonstrating its technological prowess. The booth attracted a steady flow of visitors.

On February 7, 2024, the 26th Poland International Renewable Energy Exhibition opened at the Kielce International Exhibition Center in Poland, attracting exhibitors and visitors worldwide to join the grand event of new energy.The new energy sector strategically developed by ENSMAR includes integrated scenarios for photovoltaic and thermal storage, a home smart energy management platform, and the debut of several innovative products, gaining favor from local operators.

As a highly influential and renowned renewable energy exhibition in Poland, this edition of the event not only surpasses its predecessors in scale but also focuses more on the new energy fields of photovoltaics and storage. It is committed to seeking more harmonious, sustainable, and higher-value energy solutions, assisting the local community in achieving more efficient and sustainable development.

To ensure the best user experience, ENSMAR offers customized new energy product solutions for European users, characterized by high security, high quality, and intelligence.

As a high-quality lithium battery product manufacturer in China, ENSMAR brought the latest lithium battery products and all-in-one products to the exhibition, fully demonstrating the scientific and technological strength, and the booth was crowded.

At the exhibition, ENSMAR's diversified product matrix was unveiled, including rack-mounted energy storage batteries, wall-mounted energy storage batteries, stacked energy storage batteries and a number of all-in-one products, which can provide customers with a full range of more appropriate household photovoltaic energy storage products.

ENSMAR's newly launched all-in-one machine is a product at the exhibition, for this product with Deye inverter cooperation, there are considerable product innovation and technology promotion in performance, and the appearance is more appropriate to the household decoration style, which has been unanimously recognized by the industry.

In the future, ENSMAR will continue to rely on strong product strength and technical support, continue to promote lithium battery technology innovation, help energy transformation and upgrading, and continue to contribute new strength and create new value for the green development of global new energy.

From October 10th to 12th, the ZeroEmission New Energy Exhibition will take place in Rome, Italy. Shenzhen Ensmar Technology Co., Ltd will lead a team to participate in the exhibition.

Now, solar energy has begun to shine: in many countries, solar energy is the lowest cost energy choice, whether from the perspective of household or business. Even if the external cost is not included in the scope of fossil fuel and nuclear energy, solar energy is also more and more widely used in the field of public utilities. In most markets, the share of solar energy is still less than 5%. In the fields of heating, transportation and energy, decarbonization through electrification provides a lot of opportunities for the solar energy market. The development trend of photovoltaic is the coexistence of challenges and opportunities, and the hot topic of photovoltaic + energy storage in the industry is also the general trend.

Solar energy accounts for 5% of today's electricity demand in the European Union, which will increase to 15% by 2030, with an annual installed capacity of 20GW. Another related trend is battery energy storage. In 2017, the first non-government subsidized solar power plant was opened in the UK. In 2016-2017, nearly half of all household solar energy projects appeared at the same time as battery energy storage. Energy storage is an important and flexible tool. It can quickly and accurately store electricity, smooth short-term fluctuations, eliminate the maximum load of electricity, and make solar energy available at any time. In addition, PV + energy storage also has economic advantages. Solar energy is stored when the price is high, and solar energy is used when the price is low, which helps to stabilize the electricity price and reduce the cost of upgrading and expanding the transmission network in the future. In addition, it can increase local employment and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Energy storage optimizes solar energy supply

Source: solarpower Europe

The solar energy supply curve (yellow) is a variable, which is only partially consistent with the traditional power demand curve (blue). The combination of photovoltaic and energy storage can store excess electricity (white area). When the user demand is too high (blue area), the stored solar energy can be transported back to the grid to maximize the technical potential of energy storage.

Energy storage makes solar energy output more stable

Source: solarpower Europe

More stable means that the output of the solar system will not increase or decrease rapidly. The advantage of solar battery system cooperation is that the short-term supply and demand variables can be stabilized. Energy storage can even make the output of the solar system fully distributable, that is, available on the demand side.

Energy storage provides ancillary services

Source: solarpower Europe

Auxiliary services make the energy system and variables coexist for up to an hour. In order to provide such service, the generator needs to respond quickly to the signal and correct the frequency in the fluctuation. The flexibility of photovoltaic + energy storage system can provide faster and more accurate services for transmission system operators (TSO) and distribution system operators (DSO).

Energy storage reduces network costs

Source: solarpower Europe

Traditional transmission network can only deal with peak demand. However, more and more new generation transmission networks need to face both the supply side and the demand side. Photovoltaic + energy storage system can greatly reduce the peak value of the supply side. In Germany, a household energy storage system project can reduce the maximum output value of the solar system to 40%, thus reducing the on grid price at peak power generation. Optimizing supply and energy storage measures can improve the existing transmission network capacity, integrate more renewable power and avoid network upgrading. PV + energy storage should have the right to connect the transmission network, and the fair measurement cost should be specified in the user contract.

PV + energy storage provides more stable energy price

Source: solarpower Europe

Photovoltaic + energy storage system can obtain income through electricity price arbitrage. In case of overproduction, energy storage system can absorb electricity from transmission network at a lower price. When the electricity price is too high, the electricity will be transmitted back to the power grid to reduce the overall price fluctuation, and the reliability and operation capacity of the system can be improved at the same time, which is feasible on the system and household level. Different types of tou tax are also applicable, such as fixed tariff, which depends on the number of hours consumed during the day, and variable tariff, which depends on the market application of the day. Therefore, there must be a greater fluctuation in electricity prices. More importantly, the tax on transmission network charges should only be levied once per kilowatt hour of electricity entering the transmission network.

Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, a South African power utility, has floated a tender for a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a minimum of 80 MW/320 MWh usable capacity at South Africa’s Skaapvlei substation, in Western Cape, Vredendal.

The scope of work includes the design, engineering, supply, construction, testing, and commissioning of the system along with five years of operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the substation.

The last date for the submission of bids is September 11, 2020. Eskom has given seven months (extendable to a maximum of nine months) for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of the BESS.

The tender said eligible bidders are expected to purchase the bidding documents for a non-refundable fee of 3,500 Rand (~$203).

The state utility said that it would conduct a site meeting on August 20, 2020, and a pre-bid clarification meeting on August 27, 2020. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using The World Bank’s regulations.

Eskom said it received financing from The World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the New Development Bank toward the cost of the Eskom Investment Support Project (EISP) and Eskom Renewables Support Project (ESRP) under which this battery energy storage system is to be implemented.

Last month, the Private Infrastructure Development Group floated a tender for the selection of owner’s engineer contract for a 32 MW solar power project in Chad. The project is the first phase of the planned 60 MW Djermaya solar project in Chad. Back in 2018, a consortium, including InfraCo Africa and Smart Energies International, had come together to develop a 60 MW solar project in the country.The project would also have a 4 MWh battery energy storage system. It will be set up near the town of Djermaya in the Hadjer-Lamis region, about 30 km north from the capital city of N’Djamena.

Last year, the Asian Development Bank announced that it would provide a $12.2 million financing for renewable energy projects in Tonga. ADB, Green Climate Fund, and the Australian government’s partnership were also to provide technical solutions, such as battery energy storage and capacity building efforts to promote more private sector investments in renewable energy.