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building multi-gigawatt super factories in three to different applications the company hopes to
Chinese cities to produce its newer line of achieve economies of scale.
660W+ and 550W Vertex panels. In 2021, the group plans to launch into the
The company already has a factory making US, Europe and APAC regions but will consider
LFP battery cells which will reach 3-GWh pro- expanding into other areas depending on mar-
duction capacity by the end of 2021, Chen said. ket demand. Trina Storage’s first UK project is
The factory will make LFP batteries for the sta- a 50-MW / 56.2MWh system for smart energy
tionary energy storage market only. The overall company SMS. It includes 151 372-kWh battery
strategy is to create an “energy solutions pro- racks with 15 3.8-MVA PCS and 3.8-MVA trans-
vider, not an integrator or manufacturer”, and formers. Trina is offering a 10-year full service
Trina Storage will select or develop its own top- package, including a 98% system availability
tier products to integrate into battery systems. warranty and a flexible capacity warranty for an
The main focus is expected to be the utility-scale average 2C/day charge and discharge for up to
solar-plus-storage market. However, by creating four cycles a day.Body first par.
a modular, multi-purpose solution configurable
JGC to build utility-scale solar-plus-
storage power plant in Mongolia
MONGOLIA A consortium led by Japanese engineering extensive delivery and long-term operational
company JGC Holdings has been awarded the track records,” the Japanese battery provider said
contract to build Mongolia’s first utility-scale in a separate statement.
solar-plus-storage power plant by the coun- The plant will be located in Uliastai, in Mon-
try’s energy ministry, pv magazine reported on golia’s Zavkhan Province, and will come online
March 22. in the spring of 2022, the company said.
The 5 MW/3.6 MWh power plant will report- The project is being financed by the Asian
edly be built in partnership with Mongolian EPC Development Bank (ADB) and the Joint Cred-
contractor MCS International LLC and Japanese iting Mechanism (JCM), which was established
ceramics company and network attached stor- by the Japanese Ministry of Environment at the
age (NAS) provider NGK Insulators Ltd, which ADB itself.
will provide its large-scale sodium-sulfur-based The tender for the project was launched by
battery systems for the project. “NGK’s NAS the Mongolian authorities in February. It is
batteries are capable of storing electricity even in part of the Upscaling Renewable Energy Sector
extremely cold and extremely hot environments Project, which aims to deploy 40.5 MW of solar
and were suitable for the weather conditions and wind capacity in the country’s western and
in Mongolia,” Yuki Ichihara, of JGC Holdings’ Altai-Uliastai regions.
Group Development Management Department, Mongolia’s installed PV capacity stood at just
told the journal. 89 MW at the end of 2019, according to statis-
“NGK believes that the order for this pro- tics published by the International Renewable
ject was won as a result of strong evaluations Energy Agency. In 2017, Mongolia had to import
of NAS batteries’ ability to offer a large capac- around 20% of its required electricity.
ity and long discharge time, along with NGK’s
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