Ua ʻae ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana no ka ʻōnaehana mālama ikehu pila nui loa i hoʻolālā ʻia ma Aotearoa (BESS) a hiki i kēia lā.

Ke hoʻomohala ʻia nei ka papahana mālama pila 100MW e ka mea hana uila a me ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Meridian Energy ma Ruākākā ma ka Mokupuni ʻĀkau o Aotearoa. Aia ka wahi ma kahi kokoke iā Marsden Point, kahi hale hana ʻaila mua.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Meridian i ka pule i hala (3 Nowemapa) ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae kumuwaiwai no ka papahana mai ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻĀpana ʻo Whangārei a me nā luna o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻĀpana ʻo Northland. ʻO ia ka pae mua o Ruākākā Energy Park, me ka manaʻolana o Meridian e kūkulu pū i kahi hale hana PV solar 125MW ma ia wahi ma hope.

Manaʻo ʻo Meridian e hoʻomaka ka BESS i ka makahiki 2024. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Helen Knott, ke poʻo o ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o ka hui, ʻo ke kōkua āna e hāʻawi ai i ka grid e hōʻemi i ka loli o ka lako a me ke koi, a no laila e kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā kumukūʻai uila.

"Ua ʻike mākou i kā mākou ʻōnaehana uila e hele mai ana ma lalo o ke kaumaha i kekahi manawa me nā pilikia lako i alakaʻi ai i ka paʻa ʻole o ke kumukūʻai. E kōkua ka mālama ʻana i ka pila i ka hōʻemi ʻana i kēia mau hanana ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka lako a me ke koi," wahi a Knott.

E hoʻopiha ka ʻōnaehana me ka ikehu haʻahaʻa i nā hola ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe a hoʻihoʻi iā ia i ka pūnaewele i nā manawa o ke koi nui. E hiki nō hoʻi iā ia ke hoʻohana i ka mana hou aʻe i hana ʻia ma ka mokupuni hema o Aotearoa ma ka ʻākau.

I ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu hou, hiki i ka hale ke hiki ke hoʻomaha i nā kumuwaiwai wahie fossil ma ka Mokupuni ʻĀkau, wahi a Knott.

E like me ka hōʻike ʻana aEnergy-Storage.newsi Malaki, ʻo ka papahana mālama pila nui loa i hoʻolaha ʻia e ka lehulehu ma Aotearoa he ʻōnaehana 35MW e kūkulu ʻia nei e ka hui hoʻolaha uila ʻo WEL Networks a me ka mea hoʻomohala ʻo Infratec.

Ma ka Mokupuni ʻĀkau hoʻi, ke kokoke mai nei kēlā papahana i kona lā e pau ai i Dekemaba o kēia makahiki, me ka ʻenehana BESS i hāʻawi ʻia e Saft a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻololi mana (PCS) e Power Electronics NZ.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka ʻōnaehana mālama pila megawatt mua o ka ʻāina he papahana 1MW/2.3MWh i hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki 2016 me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Tesla Powerpack, ʻo ia ka hana mua a Tesla o kahi hopena BESS ʻoihana a me ka grid. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka BESS mua i hoʻopili ʻia i ka grid hoʻoili uila kiʻekiʻe ma Aotearoa i hiki mai i ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope o kēlā.