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various components that can be dependent on any The BESS ranges comprise:
range of energy carriers and/or sources. With the PACK ENERGY STORAGE - The pack energy
current challenges countries face to limit global storage is available in 2.9kWh, 5kWh and
warming, we pride ourselves in providing our clients’ 11.7kWh. All pack energy storage supports
requirements in both brown and green energy both 24 and 48VDC. The Pack Energy Storage
fields,” Shongwe said.
Power System Unit can be configured for home
SAE’s expert technical capabilities cross most energy use.
mainstream energy carriers and sources. This ability, MICRO-GRID ENERGY STORAGE - Micro-grid
together with its 360-degree approach allows the energy storage is available in 160kWh and
company to place asset and resource optimisation at 520kWh. These systems support 48, 144 and
the heart of its design philosophy whilst maximising 288VDC. The Micro-Grid Energy Storage Power
client benefit. System Unit can be configured for home/
SAE is proficient in developing systems comprising industrial energy use cases.
or incorporating the following: GRID ENERGY STORAGE - Grid energy storage
Independent Power Producer (IPP) – Renewable is available in 2MWh. This system supports
Energy Systems 1kVDC. Four Micro-Grid Energy Storage Power
System Unit work together via a serial link and
Utility/Grid Scale Energy Project Development can be configured for industrial energy use cases.
& Advisory
Power Plants EPC (Engineering, Procurement The BESS has a dispatchable product range that
and Construction) can used by utilities and large industries during
loadshedding. It stems from the 160kW, 520kW and
Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul (MRO) for 2MW units, which have been customised to be mobile
Renewable and Legacy Plants
units that have network integration switchgear so
Oil & Gas (- Blue & Green Hydrogen, Liquefied that there is minimal modification to the clients’
Petroleum Gas (LPG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure when connecting.
production
SAE offers a wide range of energy trading advisory
Solar energy: ground mounted, roof mounted services and transaction facilitation solutions through
and floating systems a network of financiers, traders, legal experts, analysist
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) - Lithium- and project developers, for crude oil, electricity,
ion Battery & Redox Flow Battery natural gas and wind power commodities.
Bioenergy; Biomass & Biofuels - Torrefied Pellets SAE supports each stage comprising the Carbon
Green & Blue Hydrogen Systems Offset Administration System scope including
project approval and the listing of credits:
Wave & Ocean Energy Systems
Wind Energy The granting of an Extended Letter of Approval
(ELoA) for project developers of offset credits
Dispatchable Solar Solution is a pre-wired and Credit listing in the Ownership Repository
assembled solar plant in a 6-meter container. This
mobile solution comprises solar panels and an Credit ownership transfer
inverter for quick deployment on-grid and off-grid. It The retirement of credits to gain an offset
is scalable, and as many solar modules as needed can certificate (i.e., to offset the liability of an entity
be connected to create a mobile solar power plant. that is eligible for the South African carbon tax)
Sandock Austral Energy owns the intellectual SAE has a Virtual Power Station with a project
property on a novel battery energy storage system currently under development for one South African
(BESS) and is manufacturing a lithium-ion battery Metro and three micro-grids for over ten private
energy storage facility in Durban for residential, residential estates in West Africa.
industrial and utilities.
“Our virtual power station is testimony to the vast
“These are the first indigenous batteries in South product and service ranges that are incorporated to
Africa. We own the intellectual property, and we will create the platform. It enables us to perform both
put Durban on the map because of this initiative,” energy and carbon credits trading on the platform,”
Shongwe commented. concluded Shongwe.
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