Sterling and Wilson to Deliver the Largest Battery Energy Storage Project in Africa
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Three battery sites totalling 30MWh including single largest
installation of 17MWh part of a hybrid micro grid powered by Solar,
Diesel and Battery Energy Storage
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Deal marks formal entry of one of the world’s largest solar EPC into
the Hybrid and Energy Storage space
Sterling and Wilson, an Indian multinational engaged in engineering,
construction, manufacturing and energy services with over $1.5Bn in
revenue, has bagged its first large scale hybrid and energy storage
turnkey engineering, procurement and construction order in Western
Africa. Sterling and Wilson’s turnkey scope of work includes
complete design, engineering, procurement, construction and O&M of a
captive hybrid microgrid powered by solar, diesel and battery energy
storage. This first of its kind project powering behind-the-meter
clients in the educational sector in Western Africa will also play host
to the continent’s largest battery energy storage project with 30MWh of
batteries spread across three sites, including single largest battery
installation of 17MWh.
Besides providing microgrid integration and enabling the educational
institutions to get off the grid, the hybrid microgrid backed by the
batteries would also provide uniquely designed one-day power autonomy to
the institutions, thus enabling efficient operations, effective learning
and allocation of a larger budget towards the school programs. Sterling
and Wilson’s proposed hybrid and energy storage solution is expected to
deliver an envisioned reduction of 137,170 metric tonnes of carbon
footprint, equivalent to planting 3.5 million new trees.
Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Deepak Thakur, CEO – Hybrid and Energy
Storage, Sterling & Wilson, said: “Lack of power supply is a
primary barrier in imparting effective learning and development of any
nation. We are extremely glad to have bagged our landmark first project
in the hybrid and energy storage space, which not only consists of the
largest battery installation in Africa till date, but also hopefully
proves to be a marquee installation empowering future generations. We
are confident of meeting the most stringent quality, safety and
financial needs of our client given our combined global expertise of
having delivered over 7GW of solar, diesel and gas based power plants on
turnkey basis till date.”
Given its global energy expertise, Sterling and Wilson, through its
Hybrid and Energy Storage business unit, has an extensive focus on where
and how hybrid and energy storage solutions can be applied across the
energy sector from centralized large fossil and renewable power plants,
to data centres, C&I segments and remote settings such as Islands. The
newly formed business unit is actively pursuing further opportunities in
the aforesaid segments across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and
Australia besides setting its sights on USA.
Sterling and Wilson
Sterling and Wilson is an excellent example of how the Shapoorji
Pallonji family has nurtured long term associations with its business
partners. The Mistry and Daruvala families have been partners in
Sterling and Wilson for 3 generations. This partnership will only grow
stronger, as the 4th generations of both families have recently joined
the business.
Over the past 5 years, Sterling and Wilson has shown exceptional growth;
with operations all over the globe, as well as an expansion in its range
of services, the company's turnover has shown an extremely positive
growth. From a turnover of INR 1,760 crore in 2012, Sterling and Wilson
group crossed a turnover of INR 6,000 crore and is likely to exceed INR
10,000 crore by 2020. From being a predominantly India focused company
in 2010, Sterling and Wilson now operates across the Middle East,
Africa, Australia and Europe. In the current year, the company is
expanding to the USA and South America. From being a company that was
mainly focused on doing MEP projects in India, Sterling and Wilson over
the past 5 years has set up global operations in manufacture of DG sets,
Gas based power plants, Waste to Energy, Turnkey data centres,
Transmission and Distribution and Solar EPC. With its recent foray into
energy storage, Sterling and Wilson is perfectly poised to play a
pivotal role in the global trend of moving away from thermal plants to a
future of renewable energy with storage.
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