Barbados Battery Energy Storage Systems Experience

Description 

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are essential to the renewable energy transition in the Caribbean. In 2018, The Barbados Light & Power Company Ltd @BLPC installed utility-scale energy storage as a component of the 10 MW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) plant in the north of the island at Trent’s St. Lucy, Barbados.

 Key Insights:

  • Lessons learned in the implementation and operation of the BESS
  • The technical design process and utility motivations and plans for energy storage
  • Safety protocols for operation of a BESS
  • System modeling to support regulatory application for cost recovery
  • Economic benefits and extended applications for storage

Panelist

Nielson Benneby – Grand Bahamas Power Company.