Licensed energy storage projects at 12.7 GW, 47 hybrid RES units OK’d

Energy storage projects with licenses granted by RAE, the Regulatory Authority for Energy, have risen to 134 prospective investments, at present, representing an overall storage capacity of 12,677 MW, following a heightened inflow of applications lodged by investors.

Of these, 120 projects purely concern energy storage, totaling 9,641 MW, while the other 14 licenses are for pumped-storage plants offering an overall capacity of 3,037 MW.

In addition, RAE has also granted licenses for 47 prospective hybrid RES units, combining energy storage facilities, their overall capacity being 1,672 MW.

The overall capacity of all the aforementioned licensed projects, 181 in total, is 14,351 MW.