The present document introduces the results of a study carried out on the technical and commercial prefeasibility of integrating a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) into an existing PV plant. The PV plant is a 15 MWDC / 10.5 MWAC extension of the existing 30 MWAC Aura Solar 1 PV plant near La Paz in...

While solar covers around 5% of the European electricity demand today, its contribution could easily increase up to 15% by 2030, it would only take around 20 GW of newly installed PV capacity per year. A major trend linked to the deployment of solar is its co-location with battery storage. Storage adds flexibility and allows...