Source: China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd.
Recently, the Kom Ombo 500 MW PV Expansion and 300 MWh Energy Storage Project—Egypt’s largest standalone energy storage project, surveyed and designed by the Southwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. of China Power Engineering Consulting Group—was put into commercial operation, marking a new stage in Egypt’s new energy development.
Conceptual Illustration
The project is located in the Kom Ombo area of Aswan, Egypt, and was built as an expansion of an existing 500 MW PV power plant. The energy storage station has a capacity of 150 MW/300 MWh and consists of 72 battery containers, 36 PCS-integrated units, and an intelligent control system.
The project adopts Sineng Electric’s 5 MW centralized PCS and booster integrated units together with Trina Solar’s Elementa liquid-cooled energy storage system, enabling 10-millisecond-level grid switching and precise PV fluctuation regulation. Through 12 cable loops, the system connects to the original PV booster station to realize PV-storage synergy, thereby improving grid stability and energy absorption capacity. After all six zones of the energy storage station achieved power backfeed, thermal commissioning was completed within five days, demonstrating the “China speed.”
As the first utility-scale large energy storage project in North Africa, it is expected to reduce CO₂ emissions by over 150,000 tons annually and provide stable electricity for approximately 500,000 households. The project effectively supports Egypt in increasing the proportion of renewable energy, accelerates the implementation of the “2030 Sustainable Energy Strategy,” offers a “Chinese solution” for PV-storage integration in Africa, and provides strong support for comprehensively enhancing the core competitiveness of the “Four New” areas and expanding the African new energy market.