German system integrator Asantys Systems GmbH has supplied 20 containerized solar power systems to US-owned, Nairobi-based minigrid developer PowerGen. PowerGen will use the systems for a series of projects in Sierra Leone under the Rural Renewable Energy Project (RREP) initiative.
[pdf] In order to accurately calculate power storage costs per kWh, the entire storage system, i.e. the battery and battery inverter, is taken into account. The key parameters here are the discharge depth [DOD], system efficiency [%] and energy content [rated capacity in kWh].
[pdf] The project is owned by Laos State Electricity Corporation, Electricite du Laos (EDL). It is being developed by a joint venture of EDL (20%) and Sinohydro (80%), a subsidiary of Power China, under a 25-year .
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