The Barbados Light & Power Company has announced progress in acquiring battery energy storage systems (BESS) crucial for grid stability and accommodating more renewable energy customers.
Some roads across Barbados will soon be better lit following a donation of 180 solar lamps from the Hunan Province of the People's Republic of China to the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW).
This first tranche of the competitive procurement process aims to deploy 60 MW (240MWh) of new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Barbados, aiming to unlock renewable energy (RE) access to the grid, improve grid stability, allow better demand management, and mitigate supply.
The government's drive to upgrade the national grid and accelerate the shift to renewable energy is gathering pace, a senior official said on Friday, with new large-scale battery storage systems and pilot projects set to improve reliability and boost public participation in the.