The Rudong project is the world's first commercial scale deployment of a non-pumped hydro, gravitational energy storage system. An anticipated 80% round trip efficiency puts the EVx™ ahead of competing long duration technologies such as flow battery, thermal, and compressed air energy storage.
[pdf] This project, developed by Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), and the Vietnam Energy Institute, marks a crucial step towards Vietnam’s target of developing 300MW of energy storage by 2030, as outlined in the latest Eighth Power Development Plan (PDP 8).
[pdf] Cambodian natural mineral water producer Kulara Water has commissioned France’s TotalEnergies to design, install and operate a solar array coupled with on-site energy storage for its bottling facility in Siem Reap Province. Site of Kulara Water where the solar and storage systems are installed.
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