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India’s KPI Green Energy has won a contract to deliver a solar and battery energy storage system (bess) in the UAE.

The scope includes the supply, installation and commissioning of a 33kWp solar power system integrated with a 573kWh battery energy storage system to power a containerised data centre.

The award was confirmed through a purchase order issued by FVE Lifecare, a UAE private trading company. The firm is understood to be procuring the solar-bess system for an internal or third-party data centre.

KPI Green Energy said the project will be delivered through its subsidiary Sun Drops Energia.

The package also covers a 120kVA modular UPS system, electrical panels, cabling and full system integration.

The contract is small-scale but reflects broader momentum for battery storage in the UAE across both private facilities and the national grid.

Construction is expected to begin this month on the UAE’s largest grid-side energy storage project to be awarded through open tender.

Called Bess 1, the project closely follows the model of Abu Dhabi’s independent power project (IPP) programme, in which developers enter into a long-term energy storage agreement (ESA) with Ewec as the sole procurer.

Etihad Water & Electricity (EtihadWE) and South Korea’s Kepco won the award to develop the project in October.

Emirates Utilities Development Company, a subsidiary of EtihadWE, will develop and operate the project in partnership with Kepco. 

Chinese firm Dongfang International is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor.

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